Race fans enter the track beneath the statue of Secretariat on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs in 2023. / Sam Upshaw Jr. / Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK Secretariat, ...

Ron Turcotte, the legendary jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in 1979 for his achievements with Secretariat, has died. He was 84. Turcotte’s family announced his ...

In 1973, Secretariat was established as the greatest racehorse of the modern age, winning the Triple Crown of U.S. Thoroughbred Horse Racing while setting records in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness ...

All 21 horses racing in this year's Kentucky Derby are reportedly descendants of the famed racehorse Secretariat, according to The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. This year marks 52 years ...

The jockey who rode the legendary race horse Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, Ron Turcotte, has died at 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard ...

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Jockey Ron Turcotte guides Secretariat toward the finish line to win the 1973 Kentucky Derby. Secretariat By Rich Nugent, The Courier-Journal, Louisville Courier Journal via Imagn Content Services, ...

With Turcotte in the saddle, Secretariat powered to victory in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1973 and then demolished the competition in the Belmont Stakes. By William Grimes Ron Turcotte, a ...

“When it came to running, he could fly,” Turcotte once said of the famed horse Jerry Cooke/Sports Illustrated via Getty Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode Secretariat to a Triple Crown in 1973 and ...

Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode Secretariat to a Triple Crown in 1973 and earned his place in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, died on Aug. 22 at age 84 A longtime representative for the ...