The 64th burro race, held in Fairplay on July 28–29, 2012, despite rain attracted a record crowd of more than ten thousand persons. Llama races are held on the Saturday prior to the Sunday burro run. Burro Days is the major fundraiser for area schools. The 2012 winner of the 29.5-mile (47.5 km) long course is George Zack of Broomfield, Colorado, with his burro "Jack." The 2011 winner of the long course, Karen Thorpe of Durango, won the 2012 short course of 14.5 miles (23.3 km). There were fifty-seven entries in the burro contests in 2012.