It was a beautiful day in Frederick, Colorado for the Miners' Day Celebration and 10 K Pack Burro Race.
The race was created to attract tourists to Fairplay's Gold Days celebration, and to help boost the local economy, which had been struggling after World War II.
The rules for pack burro racing have remained in place since the first race, and include the requirement that the burro must wear a saddle or pannier carrying a shovel, pick, and gold pan. The weight requirement no longer stands.
The runners and burros need to be in good shape, especially for the higher elevations. As with all events and gatherings involving animals there are unscrupulous people and those without compassion for the animals with winning their only objective.
All of the entrants that we saw seemed very conscientious, and proud of, and totally in love with, their burros.
Donkeys/burros around the world are true beasts of burden and suffer in some very bad conditions. Wild burros in America are annually and cruelly rounded up by the BLM-Bureau of Land Management. Some are killed for what is known as "hide glue" to make cosmetics especially in China.
After the race, snack time.I talked to my donkeys about being in a race, but they opted out because of age. Me too!
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2 comments:
Hi Gini, who would think, Burro races? Such an interesting blog! I loved the photo of the man with a Burro in his lap. :)
Thank you, Yes, wish I could hold mine like that!
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