Tag: Jim Boggeri

Jockey Russell Baze Has Ridden in 50,000 Races – That’s 1.5 Times Around the World

Jockey Russell Baze Has Ridden in 50,000 Races – That’s 1.5 Times Around the World

| April 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

This week we are in Albany, California to see the ponies run at Golden Gate Fields. This is the only major racetrack in Northern California and thoroughbreds first started racing here back in 1941. This track has seen some truly great racehorses over the years including Noor, Citation and one of the sport’s most popular […]

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Show: The Rescuers

Show: The Rescuers

| February 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

We took a special tour of the San Jose Fire Museum with Captain Sean Lovens who shared the history of fire fighting in San Jose – from the days when firemen were known as “house wreckers” (because sometimes their only option was to pull a burning house down and save the rest of the town) […]

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Search and Rescue Dogs in Training

Search and Rescue Dogs in Training

| December 9, 2011 | 0 Comments

Over the rubble, through the tunnel and down the ladder they go. It’s all in a day’s training for Search & Rescue dogs like Nino, pictured above. It takes more than a year of training for a dog to become certified for this valuable but dangerous work. It takes a very committed human, like Marin […]

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