Ron Turcotte always made time for Secretariat. "I used to say, 'Good morning' to him — grab his tongue, go up and down and say, 'Good morning,'" Turcotte told The Courier Journal. "He just stuck ...

As we come to the line, it's Secretariat going up, [Ron] Turcotte sitting on him, ... It wasn't until after his death in 1989 that people learned the eye opening news about what was driving him.

Secretariat, with jockey Ron Turcotte up, passes the twin spires of Churchill Downs during the running of the 99th Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky. on May 5, 1973. Credit: AP ...

From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their triumphs ...

From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their triumphs ...