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 ...

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 ...

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.

It corresponds to each of Big Red's races as a 3-year-old, relying on the observations and remembrances of Secretariat's rider, Ron Turcotte, and owner Penny (Tweedy) Chenery.

“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 ...

Ron Turcotte always made time for Secretariat. "I used to say, 'Good morning' to him — grab his tongue, go up and down and say, 'Good morning,'" Turcotte told The Courier Journal. "He just stuck ...

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 ...

It's been 50 years since Secretariat and jockey Ron Turcotte crushed the field by 31 lengths to win the Belmont Stakes and become horse racing's Triple Crown champion in 1973.

It corresponds to each of Big Red's races as a 3-year-old, relying on the observations and remembrances of Secretariat's rider, Ron Turcotte, and owner Penny (Tweedy) Chenery.