Brief by Central Staff
Pack-Burro Racing – June 2004 – Colorado Central Magazine
This year’s pack-burro racing season will start June 26 with an amateur race at Cripple Creek, followed on June 27 with the 12-mile pro race from Victor to Cripple Creek.
There won’t be a Golden race this year, but the three Triple Crown races remain: Fairplay on July 25 (Burro Days), Leadville on Aug. 8 (Boom Days), and Buena Vista (Gold Rush Days) on Aug. 15.
The Fairplay and Leadville races are 20+ miles to the top of 13,188-foot Mosquito Pass and back. The Buena Vista race stays lower, looping around in the Arkansas Hills east of town.
And there’s a good chance of a fall race in Summit County, according to the most recent edition of Hoof Prints, the official journal of the Western Pack Burro Ass-ociation.