Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame Jockey Who Rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, Has Died at 84

Ron Turcotte poses next to a statue of him and Secretariat in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada, on May 31, 2023. Stephen MacGillivray/AP Photo

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84.

Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the Canada-born jockey died of natural causes Friday at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick.