DRUMMOND, New Brunswick (AP) — Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the Canada-born jockey died of natural causes at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick, on Friday.

Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode Secretariat during his Triple Crown year in 1973 and electrified the sport, died Friday at his home in Canada. He was 84.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/rodeo as Hall of Famer and Triple Crown Winning Jockey Ron Turcotte Passes Away. One of the greatest legends of the sport of horse racing, Ron Turcotte passed away at home in New Brunswick on August 22. The Canadian jockey was 84.