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Late jockey for Triple Crown winner Secretariat proved that anything is possible
And a horse named Secretariat emerged on the horizon as something to believe in. Even non-horseplayers gave their hopes and, later, their hearts, to the chestnut-colored colt named Secretariat and a 5-1, 110-pound Canadian-born jockey named Ron Turcotte. Together, they would make unique equine history and capture the nation’s psyche.
Ron Turcotte, Secretariat's jockey and horse racing legend, dies at 84
Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode the legendary Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973 and won more than 3,000 races over his two-decade career, died Friday morning of natural causes at his home in Canada, per the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He was 84.
Ron Turcotte, the Canadian jockey who rode to fame aboard Secretariat, won more than 3,000 races in his career – and his ...
Ron Turcotte, who lived in Drummond, New Brunswick, just across the border from Van Buren, died Friday at age 84.
The Canadian jockey won each Triple Crown race twice, most notably sweeping the three with Secretariat to end the sport's ...
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