Famed Horse Racing Jockey Ron Turcotte Dies at 84
Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who won over 3,000 races including the Triple Crown with Secretariat, passed away Friday at 84 in his Canadian home.
The jockey who rode the legendary race horse Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, Ron Turcotte, has died at 84.
Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the jockey died of natural causes Friday at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick in Canada.