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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

Read full article: One arrested after traffic stop leads to drug bust in Altavista Photo of Kelly Ayers Bailey. SANTA FE, N.M. – Backcountry runners are embracing the physical and emotional challenge ...