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  1. article Marana makes pitch for Rillito Racetrack

    Monday, June 12, 2006 11:00 pm

    June 7, 2006 - Hanging by its guts to its historic midtown location, Rillito Racetrack might have an out.

  2. Rillito Park Horse Race

    Horses make their way down the final stretch during a race at Rillito Racetrack.

  3. Rillito's 2010 season closes this weekend

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Horses guide the racehorses to the start of one of the shorter races last Saturday at the Rillito Racetrack.

  4. article Rillito's 2010 season closes this weekend

    Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:00 am

    Horse racing at Rillito Park concludes this Sunday, Feb. 21, for the 2010 season.

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  5. article Rillito history, and its place in racing

    Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:00 am

    The Rillito Racetrack is designated with an American Quarter Horse Foundation Historical Marker that provides official acknowledgement of horses, people and events significant to American Quarter Horse history.

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  6. He's Rillito's vet, and its veteran booster

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, After the horses are shown, the jockeys mount them and make their way out onto the racetrack at the Rillito Racetrack last Saturday.

  7. He's Rillito's vet, and its veteran booster

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Horses make their way down the final stretch during a race at Rillito Racetrack last Saturday. This weekend conclude the 2010 racing season.

  8. As racing season opens, two share their love for Rillito

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Bill Matthews leads an organization trying to save Rillio Racetrack.

  9. He's Rillito's vet, and its veteran booster

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Horses make the final turn during a race at the Rillito Racetrack last Saturday afternoon. Every Saturday and Sunday during the season nine races, varying in length and types of horse, begin at 1 p.m. This is the last weekend the horses will be in town.

  10. He's Rillito's vet, and its veteran booster

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, William Sanders, the head veterinarian at the Rillito Racetrack, makes his rounds to the 35 horses that receive a shot of Lasix about four hours prior to their races.

  11. He's Rillito's vet, and its veteran booster

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Jockeys wait for the horses to be shown prior to a race Saturday afternoon. This weekend will be the last horse racing in Tucson for the season.

  12. He's Rillito's vet, and its veteran booster

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, After each race, the jockeys and their saddles are weighed, making sure there isn't a large weight difference from prior to the race.

  13. He's Rillito's vet, and its veteran booster

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Dr. William Sanders gets a tranquilizer out of the back of his truck to keep a pony from becoming too excited.

  14. article As racing season opens, two share their love for Rillito

    Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:00 am

    It was cold in the shade at Rillito Park on Monday morning. Yet there was a certain heat in the eyes and voices of two raceway veterans who watched the ponies run.

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  15. article He's Rillito's vet, and its veteran booster

    Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:00 am

    William Sanders is a man of very few words. When he does talk, it's worth listening.

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  16. A season ends, an effort stays

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Spectators anxiously wait for a race to begin at the Rillito Racetrack last Saturday. This will be the last weekend of horse racing in Tucson for the 2010 season.

  17. article A season ends, an effort stays

    Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:00 am

    While Rillito Racetrack prepares to finish its 2010 season, the track's supporters continue their fight to keep the historical track open into the future.

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  18. article Making his rounds

    Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:00 am

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, William Sanders makes his way from the stables to the finishing area to inspect each horse before each race Saturday afternoon.

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  19. Making his rounds

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, William Sanders makes his way from the stables to the finishing area to inspect each horse before each race Saturday afternoon.

  20. Making his rounds

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Kenny Heim, a vet assistant, makes sure a horse is who the owners say it is by checking its identification tattoo on the inside of the upper lip.

  21. Making his rounds

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Lasix, a diuretic drug that lowers a horse's blood pressure to prevent the hemorrhaging of blood vessel in a horse's lungs, is injected into a race horse prior to its race.

  22. article Soule Garden: February, a wonderful local month

    Wednesday, February 3, 2010 12:00 am

    February is a wonderful month in the Old Pueblo. The ponies are running at the Rillito Racetrack (tons of fun), the Gem, Mineral, Fossil and Bead show is all over town (literally tons of fun), The Rodeo Parade marches through (unique fun), and the Rodeo itself happens (those bulls weigh a ton or so), plus, if you really miss snow, you can head up the Catalina Mountains to Mount Lemmon.

  23. article Tucson keeps losing its institutions

    Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:00 pm

    Forty years ago this community had institutions we’ve since lost, or are about to lose. Quarter Horse racing at Rillito Downs, spring training with the Cleveland Indians, a AAA baseball franchise, a thriving movie industry, and something that grew up called the Rock and Mineral Show. All are now gone, going, or threatened.

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Baby in stroller Falls Into Train Tracks Mom Jumps In Before Train Barrels In Caught On Camera. A stroller carrying a 14-month-old girl rolled off a slanted train station platform and fell onto the tracks Wednesday, but the girl's mother leaped onto the tracks to rescue her with the help other passengers, transit officials said."What it looks like to us is that the mother became distracted by something, didn't apply the brake on the stroller and the stroller was able to move off the platform and onto the tracks," said Scott Sauer, director of system safety for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. The accident happened Wednesday afternoon at the 56th Street station of the Market-Frankford Line in west Philadelphia. The platform at the station is slanted slightly for drainage purposes, Sauer said.Surveillance video shows a woman on the eastbound platform with the girl in a jogging stroller, which slowly rolls forward and topples over onto the tracks about 5 feet below. What initially appears to be the girl flying out of the stroller apparently was just a towel or a bag. The stroller comes to rest on the outer rail, which carries no charge. The woman is seen jumping down and lifting the girl to a man waiting on the platform. Other passengers ran to help, and one used an emergency call box to alert SEPTA police, who held an incoming train at the preceding stop.The infant was taken to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for treatment of a cut on her forehead. Sauer said during a news conference that watching the video was "gut-wrenching.""With the stroller moving at such a slow rate of speed, you know, you want to call out to someone, `Hey, the stroller's moving! Somebody grab the stroller,'" Sauer said. He said the line is one of SEPTA's busiest, with trains running every six to 10 minutes. SEPTA police said no charges will be filed but the accident serves as a reminder for other riders to lock stroller brakes when waiting on platforms.

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