Despite financial concerns earlier this year, the annual running of the donkeys in Cripple Creek is on. Organizers with Donkey Derby Days said they've gotten enough donations, sponsors and volunteers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.) — The 95th annual Donkey Derby Days festival has been announced at the end of June in Cripple Creek. The ...

Happening Friday, the 95th annual Donkey Derby Days kicks off in Cripple Creek.

Donkey Derby Days returns to Cripple Creek for its 94th year over the weekend of June 27-29. The annual event features donkey races, a parade, live entertainment on three stages, plus activities for ...

Fifteen domestic donkeys, a throwback to Teller County’s historic gold mining bonanza of the late 1800s, are in danger of not being able to do their modern-day job. An unexpected loss of $30,000 from ...

PARADISE — During her 25 years, she was a five-time Gold Nugget Days’ Donkey Derby winner; a fierce protector of her goat herd; and a Camp Fire survivor. Then on Jan. 2, Poppy, the donkey who’d ...

The cheers echoed across Castle Irvine as four-legged competitors, sporting just as much personality as their riders, took ...