When Mugshot and I reached the top of the steep trail, I don’t think either of us expected to see the enthusiastic crowd lining the streets. One woman recognized my short, scruffy running partner and ...
FAIRPLAY — In a year when 12-foot-high snow drifts prevented Fairplay’s World Championship Pack Burro Race from reaching the 13,185-foot summit of Mosquito Pass for the first time, it was a 33-inch ...
In a year when 12-foot-high snow drifts prevented Fairplay’s World Championship Pack Burro Race from reaching the 13,185-foot summit of Mosquito Pass for the first time, it was a 33-inch tall ...
You wouldn’t know it by looking at her, but Buttercup the miniature donkey is a fire-breathing dragon. At least that’s how Brad Wann, media relations director for the Western Pack Burro Association, ...
CERRILLOS — You can give a donkey a kiss, but you can’t make him race. Joe Gelfuso tried other means, too. But Cochise, a 7-year-old donkey with a salt-and-pepper coat, appeared resistant to his ...
About 70 teams tested their skills in the backcountry sport of burro racing Saturday in this historic turquoise-mining town.Hundreds of cheering spectators watched runners leading burros by rope on ...
CERRILLOS, N.M. — Backcountry runners are embracing the physical and emotional challenge of racing with pack burros that don't always move at their pace. Burro races honor Old West history and hinge ...