Famed horse racing jockey who rode the legendary Secretariat to Triple Crown dies at 84
In 1973, Ron Turcotte died in 84, a jockey who took the legendary racing secretary to Triple Crown.
Turcotte’s family, for a long time business partner and friend Leonard Luskyy Jockey on Friday, Canada New Brunswick’deki Drummond’deki died for natural reasons, he said.
“Ron was a lot of jockey and inspiration in and out of the race world.” He said. “As he reached the summit of success in his profession, it was the abundance of faith, courage and kindness, the real measure of his greatness.”
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In 1979, he entered the National Racing Museum Honor List.
“He may remember the world Ron as the famous secretariat jockey, but he was a great husband, a loving father, grandfather and a great cavalry for us.” The Turkot family said in a statement through Lusky.
Turcotte won more than 3,000 races, but he was subjected to injuries because his career fell from a horse in a race in 1978 and turned into a paralysis.
Turcotte won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes twice, each twice, and most importantly, he swept three of them with the secretariat to end the triple crown drought of Horse Racing, dating to refer to in 1948.
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Turcotte was born on July 22, 1941 as one of 12 children in Drummond. Before moving to Toronto to participate in the horse races, he became a leading rider on the Woodbine racing track before he rose to the triple crown level as a Hotwalker and then as a jockey.
Woodbine President Jim Lawson said Turcotte is a “real Canadian symbol that is uncomfortable with an impact on horse racing”.
“Ron carried himself with humility, power and dignity.” He said. “The legacy of both Woodbine and around the world will live forever.”
Turcotte won Preakness in Tom Rolfe and Derby in 1965 with Riva Ridge in 1972. However, it is time for Turcotte as a home name in the race and said, “Love on the first journey.”
“He was the horse you would never see again,” Turcotte said about 50 years since he continued his secretary in Belmont in 2023. “He was doing something that you’ve never seen before, and you’ve probably never seen it again.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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