Secretariat is considered the greatest race horse of all time. I had the pleasure of seeing him in his paddock when I was young and he was retired. Even at an advanced age he was spectacular to see.

When you think about the 1973 Kentucky Derby, two names probably spring to mind: Secretariat and Sham. Sham moved into the lead on the far turn with Secretariat following on the outside, the two ...

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte won the Triple Crown in 1973 with Secretariat. Secretariat won the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, a record time of 2:24 that stands today. Turcotte won 3,032 races ...

The jockey who rode the legendary race horse Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, Ron Turcotte, has died at 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard ...

Ron Turcotte (front) steered Secretariat to Triple Crown immortality in 1973. / The Courier-Journal-Imagn Images Ron Turcotte, Secretariat's jockey for all but three of his career races, and all three ...

In 1973, Arlington Park introduced the Arlington Invitational with one very specific goal in mind: attract that year's Triple Crown winner Secretariat to the Chicago-area racetrack. Big Red came and ...

Sporting treasure: Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who died last week, acquired Ron Turcotte’s Secretariat saddle for a reported $2m. Photo: www.colts.com Following the recent death of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Not every great performance comes with a trophy. Let's talk today about Erik van Rooyen, Sham and Journalism. What do those names have in common? They're examples of ...

All 19 horses in Saturday's 151st running of the Kentucky Derby are descendants of the great Secretariat, according to a report by the Louisville Courier Journal. A search of pedigrees found that each ...

Click below to view more coverage from the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com previewing the 151st Kentucky Derby to be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs in Louisville. If records are made to ...

If records are made to be broken, then Secretariat is a spectacular exception to the rule. It has been 52 years since the 1973 Kentucky Derby winner accomplished record times in all three Triple Crown ...