Canada's Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, dead at 84

Ron Turcotte, the jockey who famously guided Secretariat to a historic American Triple Crown sweep in 1973, passed away at the age of 84 from natural causes in Drummond, N.B. Secretariat’s remarkable performance that year remains unmatched, as he still holds the records for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes.

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