Ron Turcotte

Ron Turcotte
Ron Turcotte
	Ron Turcotte at the 2014 Belmont Stakes
Occupation	Jockey
Born	July 22, 1941; Drummond, New Brunswick; Canada
Career wins	3,032
Major racing wins
	Breeders' Stakes (1962); Coronation Futurity Stakes (1963); Toronto Autumn Cup (1963); Canadian International Stakes (1964, 1971); Lexington Handicap (1964, 1974); Kentucky Oaks (1965); Sport Page Handicap (1966); Palm Beach Handicap; (1966, 1967, 1969, 1970); Suburban Handicap (1966); Bernard Baruch Handicap (1967); Tremont Stakes (1967); National Stallion Stakes (1968); Bahamas Stakes (1969); Beldame Stakes (1970); Diana Handicap (1970, 1971, 1976); Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1970, 1979); Jockey Club Gold Cup (1970); Withers Stakes (1970); Alabama Stakes (1971); Flash Stakes (1971); Belmont Futurity Stakes (1971, 1972); Champagne Stakes (1971); Gotham Stakes (1971, 1973); Laurel Futurity (1971, 1972); Blue Grass Stakes (1972); Coaching Club American Oaks (1972); Florida Derby (1972); Great American Stakes (1972); Hopeful Stakes (1972); Hollywood Derby (1972); Manhattan Handicap (1972); Monmouth Oaks (1972); Sanford Stakes (1972); Wood Memorial Stakes (1972); Brooklyn Handicap (1973); Excelsior Breeders' Cup Handicap (1973); Man O' War Stakes (1973, 1974); Matron Stakes (1973); Travers Stakes (1973); Dwyer Stakes (1974); Edgemere Handicap (1974, 1976); Santa Anita Handicap (1974); Cornhusker Handicap (1975); Queens County Handicap (1975); American Derby (1976); Aqueduct Handicap (1976); Stymie Handicap (1976, 1977); Alcibiades Stakes (1977); Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (1977); Adirondack Stakes (1977); Cup and Saucer Stakes (1977); Schuylerville Stakes (1977); Stars and Stripes Turf Handicap (1978) American Classic Race wins:; Kentucky Derby (1972, 1973); Preakness Stakes (1965, 1973); Belmont Stakes (1972, 1973); United States Triple Crown (1973)
Racing awards
	Leading jockey at Woodbine Racetrack (1962, 1963); Canadian Racing's Man-of-the-Year (1978); Big Sport of Turfdom Award (1978); George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1979); Avelino Gomez Memorial Award (1984)
Honours
	New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame (1973); Order of Canada (1974); National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1979); New York Sports Hall of Fame; Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1980); Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1980); Hawthorne Racing Hall of Fame (1986); Paul Harris Fellowship; Long Island Sports Hall of Fame (1990)
Significant horses
	Arts and Letters, Crafty Lace, Dahlia, Damascus, Dark Mirage, Fanfreluche,; Fort Marcy, Northern Dancer, Politely, Quadrangle, Riva Ridge, Secretariat, Shuvee, Tom Rolfe, Upper Case

Ronald Joseph Morel "Ronnie" Turcotte, CM ONB (born July 22, 1941) is a retired Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973.

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