The most dominant champion of the late 1880's not only ran like a machine with his effortless long strides, but he was raced like a machine, making 27 starts as a 3-year-old alone.

(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 ...

Ron Turcotte, best known as the jockey for 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, and a beloved figure in the Thoroughbred racing community, died of natural causes on Aug. 22 in his Drummond home ...

Though best known for guiding Secretariat over the wire in those three record-breaking races, Turcotte actually claimed a career triple crown twice. He won the 1965 Preakness Stakes aboard Tom Rolfe ...