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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's most popular mushers was handed a two-year suspension Friday and placed on three years' probation for abusing his dogs during this year's race.
Ramy Brooks can next request entry to the 1,100-mile race in 2010.
Brooks, twice an Iditarod runner-up, was disqualified from the race for striking his dogs with a quarter-inch wide wooden trail marker when they stopped in Golovin, less than 100 miles from the finish in Nome.
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