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General Category => Thoroughbred Racing => Topic started by: dougie on August 22, 2025, 04:47:26 PM

Title: Rest In Peace Ron Turcotte
Post by: dougie on August 22, 2025, 04:47:26 PM: He was a great jockey. I watched him many times on the NY Circuit. His ride on the great Secretariat were legendary. Rest In Peace.
Title: Re: Rest In Peace Ron Turcotte
Post by: Papillon on August 22, 2025, 04:50:01 PM: RIP

he understood how Secretariat needed to be ridden and the two of them were a perfect match

sad to hear about this
Title: Re: Rest In Peace Ron Turcotte
Post by: Trigger on August 22, 2025, 05:03:33 PM: RIP Ron, and finally you can get out of that chair and get back up on Big Red, and have Penny and Lucien cheering for you guys again!
Title: Re: Rest In Peace Ron Turcotte
Post by: JT on August 22, 2025, 05:11:55 PM: RIP Ronnie
Title: Re: Rest In Peace Ron Turcotte
Post by: kantseeback on August 22, 2025, 09:19:25 PM: Some years back there was a harness driver with the same name, Ron Turcotte.
He mainly raced at Freehold.
Title: Re: Rest In Peace Ron Turcotte
Post by: dougie on August 22, 2025, 09:28:49 PM: Quote from: kantseeback on August 22, 2025, 09:19:25 PM
Some years back there was a harness driver with the same name, Ron Turcotte.
He mainly raced at Freehold.
Kantseeback.....I think there was a Mel Turcotte at Pompano in the 80's & 90's.
Title: Re: Rest In Peace Ron Turcotte
Post by: darnoldrocks on August 23, 2025, 04:59:08 PM: French Canadian kid from the Maritimes, goes on to a great riding career and rides the greatest race horse of all time to a historic Triple Crown.
RIP Mr. Turcotte