What I Learned From My First Pack Burro Race, Colorado’s only Indigenous Sport

What I learned from my first pack burro race, Colorado’s only indigenous sport

Colorado Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel races with her teammate Indi on July 20 during Victor’s annual pack burro race. The 7.3-mile course included more than 1,100 vertical feet of climbing on rough trails. (Photo provided by Ellen Ritt, Pack Burro Racing Photographers) VICTOR — As the gun went off, 71 donkeys jolted forward with their ears perked up to the sky and sprinted down the old mining town’s main drag. I tightly gripped the blue rope att…

What I learned from my first pack burro race, Colorado’s only indigenous sport; Race prerequisites include a high level of fitness, an adventurous spirit and a bit of skilled persuasion — you can’t make a burro do anything it doesn’t want to do

As the gun went off, 71 donkeys jolted forward with their ears perked up to the sky and sprinted down the old mining town’s main drag. I tightly gripped the blue rope attached to my saddle-wearing race partner, a brown…