Marvin Sandoval and his miniature burro Buttercup race down Fairplay's Front Street during Sunday's 71st annual Fairplay Burro Days World Championship race, which Sandoval won in his first try.

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 ...