The Burros
No burro? Not a problem — most first-time racers run with a rented or loaned burro. Here's how it works.
🫏 Renting a burro
We're lining up experienced stock partners to provide race-ready burros. Rentals are matched to your experience level and include a pre-race meet-and-greet so you and your burro can size each other up before the gun.
Rental partner, pricing, and reservation process coming soon.
🎓 Handler orientation
First-timers attend a short orientation before the race: leading basics, what to do when your burro stops (he will), water and feed etiquette, and how to finish as a team.
Orientation time and location will be posted with the schedule.
🚛 Bringing your own
Bringing your own burro? Great — you know the drill. Health requirements, trailer parking, and overnight stock accommodations are being arranged now.
Health paperwork requirements and stock parking details coming.
❤️ Welfare first
Every burro — owned, rented, or borrowed — gets a welfare check before the start, water priority at every aid station, and vets on course. Teams can be held or pulled for the animal's sake at any point.
First-timer questions
- How fast do burros actually go?
- Anywhere from a dead stop to faster than you. A motivated burro trots along at a solid running pace; part of the sport is negotiating whose pace wins.
- Do I need experience with animals?
- No — that's what orientation and the meet-and-greet are for. Patience matters more than experience. Burros are smart, careful, and occasionally stubborn on principle.
- Can two people share a burro?
- Team formats and divisions will be spelled out in the official rules — join the interest list and you'll hear first.