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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.
CRAWFORD | Remembering Ron Turcotte, the man between Secretariat's ears
In the 1973 Belmont Stakes, Secretariat ran 1½ miles in 2:24 flat — a time untouched in 52 years. He won by 31 lengths. At the wire, Turcotte peeked back — not at the field, but at the clock. He was no longer racing against other colts. He was racing against history.
And a horse named Secretariat emerged on the horizon as something to believe in. Even non-horseplayers gave their hopes and, ...
Ron Turcotte, who lived in Drummond, New Brunswick, just across the border from Van Buren, died Friday at age 84.
Ron Turcotte, the Canadian jockey who rode to fame aboard Secretariat, won more than 3,000 races in his career – and his ...
Secretariat is shown at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., in this Jan. 9, 1974, file photo. There's a better chance for the winner at the Kentucky Derby to go on to capture the Triple Crown than there ...
Sitting a perfect pocket trip behind the speed, Giocoso shot through inside when a stretch opening appeared to capture the $503,600 Secretariat Stakes (G2T) Aug. 9 at Colonial Downs.
Secretariat’s popularity — he graced the covers of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated and was the subject of a Disney movie — reinvigorated the farm from the day he arrived on Nov. 12 ...
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