The saddle used by jockey Ron Turcotte during Secretariat's immortal 1973 Triple Crown run fetched $1,524,000 at auction.

In honor of Saturday’s Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs, it’s an opportune time to highlight Virginia’s tapestry of racing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BALTIMORE (AP) — Calling Secretariat a ...

Secretariat had an unusually large heart, an engine that propelled him to a Triple Crown sweep 50 years ago. The colt nicknamed Big Red remains the heartbeat of an industry that has yet to see such ...

The first time Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat, he knew the horse was special. Maybe he didn’t know Secretariat would win the first Triple Crown in 25 years and set records in each race that still stand ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jockey Ron Turcotte, who was aboard the great Secretariat for his 1973 Triple Crown, has died. He was 84. Churchill Downs posted a picture of Turcotte in the Winner's Circle ...

He won over 3,000 career races, but Ron Turcotte will forever be remembered for the three he registered aboard the legendary Secretariat 52 years ago. Turcotte guided Secretariat to an emphatic ...

When Secretariat won the Preakness on the way to his Triple Crown, the news appeared alongside stories about Watergate on The Baltimore Sun’s May 20, 1973, front page. In the half-century since, no ...