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Iditarod XXXV Media Advisory
Ramy Brooks
by Staff
DATE: March 17, 2007
TO: Race Officials, Race Veterinarians, Media, Volunteers
FROM: Mark Nordman, Race Marshal
A 3 member panel of race judges, convened today, March 17, in Nome Alaska, disqualified Ramy Brooks from the 2007 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Witnesses in Golovin provided information to race officials detailing abusive actions by Brooks to his dog team. Brooks acknowledged "spanking" the dogs in his team with trail marking lathe. The judges voted unanimously to disqualify Brooks from the 2007 Iditarod.
Based upon the information presented to me, including the results from the gross necropsy, I have no reason to believe that there is a correlation between this incident and the death of Kate, the 3 year old female on Ramy's team which died on the trail between White Mountain and Safety.
