Rillito Downs | park, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, horse racing track, historic district

USA / Arizona / Catalina Foothills / North 1st Avenue, 4502
 park, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, horse racing track, historic district
Rillito Downs Park Racetrack is a five-eighths mile racing in Tucson, Arizona. This recently remodeled track offers Quarterhorse, Thoroughbred and on occasion, even Arabian horse racing.

This famous track on the banks of the Rillito River was the birthplace of many racing innovations still in use today. The Southern Arizona Horse Breeders Association, the organization that pioneered Quarter Horse Racing in Tucson, had been hosting races at the Hacienda Moltacqua track since 1941. When Moltacqua was sold in 1943, J. Rukin Jelks volunteered to use the training track on his ranch.

The racetrack is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.
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Coordinates:   32°17'24"N   110°57'22"W
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