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Turcotte won more than 3,000 races in his 18-year career and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1979.
Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who guided Secretariat to his record-smashing sweep of the 1973 Triple Crown, died at his New Brunswick, Canada, home on Aug. 22 at the age of 84.
Secretariat’s record time of 2:24 in the Belmont, winning by 31 lengths at a 1 1/2-mile distance, still stands 52 years later ...