The Hall of Fame jockey swept the 1973 Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, ending a quarter-century drought in horse racing’s Triple Crown.

Ron Turcotte guided Secretariat to an emphatic American Triple Crown sweep in 1973. So dominant was that performance that Secretariat still holds the records he set that year in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont.

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.