Secretariat and Ron Turcotte barrel towards the finish line to win the 98th running of the Preakness Stakes on May 21, 1973, in Baltimore. AP PHOTO In Grand Falls, N.B., there is a bronze statue ...

From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their triumphs ...

Ron Turcotte always made time for Secretariat. After their record-breaking Triple Crown run captivated the country in 1973, the Canadian jockey never missed a chance to visit Claiborne Farm when ...

But the one that you can expect to see over and over for the next six weeks is the sight of jockey Ron Turcotte looking backward, with no one in sight, while riding Secretariat in the 1973 Belmont ...

The wrecking ball is just about hovering over Pimlico Race Course, with a complete knockdown and rebuild of the grandstand ...

Ron Turcotte's first and only doubt about Secretariat emerged at the worst possible time — less than two weeks before the 1973 Kentucky Derby. The Meadow Stables colt had run a dull third in the ...

The high point of Turcotte family history is a record that still stands – Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat to the fastest Triple Crown ever known. This spring marks the 50h anniversary of those ...

“He was the type of horse that you’ll never see again,” jockey Ron Turcotte said Wednesday, nearly 50 years to the day since riding Secretariat in the Belmont. "He was doing something that ...

From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973.

“I was amazed with that horse all along,” said his jockey, Ron Turcotte, who at 81 is the lone survivor of Secretariat’s inner circle, which included the owner Penny Chenery, the trainer ...

From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their triumphs ...