Photo of 1973 print by Rebecca J. Barnabi. The racing horse jockey who rode Virginia-born legend Secretariat into history has died. Turcotte spent the last years of his life in a wheelchair after ...

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 that the ...

Ron Turcotte, who lived in Drummond, New Brunswick, just across the border from Van Buren, died Friday at age 84. The first time Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat, he knew the horse was special. Maybe he ...

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Ron Turcotte, the legendary jockey who clinched the 1973 Triple Crown on the back of Secretariat, died Aug. 22, according to a post from the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He was 84. The ...

Thirty-six years after legendary horse Secretariat died, he remains the heartbeat of the horseracing industry. Secretariat won the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in record times that still stand, ending ...