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In the 2010 Disney movie Secretariat, Ron Turcotte's role as Secretariat's jockey is played by Otto Thorwarth, a real life jockey himself. [14]Directed by Phil Comeau, a National Film Board of Canada documentary feature film on Ron Turcotte's life and career, Secretariat's Jockey, Ron Turcotte, had its world premiere in Louisville, Kentucky, in May 2013.
Jockey Ron Turcotte looks backward, with no one in sight, while riding Secretariat in the 1973 Belmont Stakes to win the Triple Crown. ( Bob Coglianese / Lexington Herald-Leader / Tribune News ...
Jockey Ron Turcotte famously claimed he lost control of Secretariat during the Belmont and the horse sprinted for victory on his own. "The Horse of the Century" was retired and put to stud that ...
In 2015, a statue of Secretariat and Ron Turcotte crossing the finish line at the Belmont Stakes was unveiled in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Turcotte's hometown. [ 171 ] On October 12, 2019, a new monument was unveiled during the Secretariat Festival at Keeneland in Lexington.
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Annihilate 'em was ridden to victory in the Travers by Ron Turcotte, who originally planned to ride Triple Crown winner Secretariat in the race. However, Secretariat missed the race due to poor health after losing the Whitney Stakes to Onion two weeks earlier while running with a low-grade fever. [1]
In 1970, Secretariat's Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte aboard Vent du Nord became the only jockey to ever win the "Hialeah Turf Series", three races consisting of the Palm Beach, Bougainvillea and Hialeah Turf Cup Handicaps. [4] In 1973 the Graded stakes race system was recorded for the first time in the United States. The February 10, 1973 ...