Ron Turcotte

Ron Turcotte
Ron Turcotte at the 2014 Belmont Stakes
OccupationJockey
Born (1941-07-22) July 22, 1941 (age 83)
Drummond, New Brunswick
Canada
Career wins3,032
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.