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May 10, 2009

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Anonymous The Daily Independent Sun May 10, 2009, 08:34 AM EDT

Six races were run Saturday for this year's Donkey Derby and some of the volunteer jockeys even made it across the finish line on their mounts.

The sixth annual race was put on by the Ashland Parks and Recreation Department and cans of food were dropped of for River CIties Harvest.

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