Jockey Ron Turcotte walks Secretariat towards the winner's circle after they captured the Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on June 9, 1973.

Jockey Ron Turcotte pilots Secretariat (leading, #4) over the finish line at Aqueduct in New York, March 17, 1973 to win the $27,750 Bay Shore stakes in his debut as a three-year-old.

Jockey Ron Turcotte pilots Secretariat (leading, #4) over the finish line at Aqueduct in New York, March 17, 1973 to win the $27,750 Bay Shore stakes in his debut as a three-year-old.

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