Famous Horse Jockey Ron Turcotte who rode Secretariat takes questions from the audience

[@justinnoble6506]

He is an inspiration. Never let his injury get the best of him.

[@susancox1221]

I got to see Secretariat win the Arlington Stakes in 73. It was the day I fell in love with thoroughbred horse racing and Secretariat. The country needed a hero. Secretariat was the hero we needed.

[@ccasey1904]

How fantastic that you got to meet Ron Turcotte!

[@hazelkagey6739]

Secretariat and Ron were an inseparable team. He was blessed to ride "our" Big Red!

[@woodman6176]

I had the privilege of being at Belmont Park June 9, 1973. Most exciting sporting event in my life by far. It was electrifying.

[@morganmarcella47]

I can only imagine how special that was seeing it in person ❤️

[@josephmccormack6910]

My jaw drops and I cry.....every time I see it. Turcotte was under rated. They jelled. Secretariat trusted him. Two great champions.

[@suzannerobbins6293]

I was at home watching it on television...how I would have loved to have been there! Secretariat was simply the best! I still cry every time I watch it! He ran for the pure joy of running!

[@RepublicTeaRoom]

💯👍🏾🏇🐎🐴. I was exactly 3 months old🤗. Amazing Sir.

[@CamaroKidd2022]

@woodman. What a lucky man you were!!

[@stevemitchell7981]

Ron was perfect for Secretariat.

[@garrisonnichols7372]

This guy rode the legendary SuperHorse! I'm in Awe!

[@jimbo1959]

You're an Amazing Ambassador for Canada,and Horse racing Ronnie!! All the Best!!!

[@boatman222345]

Ron is one of the great jockeys of all time. I've never ridden in a race but I did some exercise riding as a kid on fairground level Thorobreds so I have some idea of what kind of guts and dedication it takes to ride at Ron's level and it is a lot harder than most people might think!

[@georgiagirl1961]

I vry everytime I watch the Belmont. It's so emotionally charged. I have tremendous respect for Ron and jockeys in general. Hats off to the tremendous athletes they truly are.

[@caffey500]

He was running like tremendous machine

[@TheHunterGracchus]

Also Secretariat's amazing move from last to first on the first curve in the Preakness.

[@fishinwidow35]

I admire that he did not use a whip on Secretariat the way you see other jockeys using one.

[@jamesflemingjr1868]

Won’t no need to

[@lethaluks2942]

I wish whipping a horse was outlawed!

[@conniecrawford5231]

Lauren told him NOT to use the whip- Big Red wanted to run!

[@TheHunterGracchus]

I love how that's in the call at the end of the Preakness. Turcotte put his whip away, while Pincay was whipping the crap out of Sham. Bill Nack put it more or less like this: most thoroughbreads hate their jobs, but Secretariat just loved to race.

[@chrisdukefields9868]

I love this man. Keep your head up Ron. No one can take your triple crown.

[@connorduke4619]

"It is unusual for a horse to run at 40 miles an hour after running a mile and a quarter - but he was an unusual horse" - massive understatement.

[@kathleenthompson6418]

He was Secrtariet.

[@newerafrican]

I'm 61 year old and I'd like to have my picture taken with Ronnie! Many thanks to Ron!

[@harrietmcgeorge5942]

I met Mr.. Ron Turcotte when at Smarty Jones Belmont try. I asked him to sign a Smarty photo He said “ what if he doesn’t win”... ? I said ,”well he will try . Won’t he. The absolute best moment of of my racing life. What a treat,!

[@stevek8829]

Why would anyone ask him to sign a non related photo. Doesn't he make a living signing Secretariat photos? Damn that was brutal.

[@Whoopdido777]

@@stevek8829 I agree. Basically every celebrity is the same way. Why would Tiger Woods sign a picture of Phil Mickelson for example? In fact I’ve seen videos of Emilia Clarke, from Game of Thrones and she seems like a very nice person and tries to sign as many autographs as she can, even when she’s in a hurry. However, there’s a video of her coming of out of the theater after performing in a play and people wanted her to sign Game of Thrones pictures. She politely refused and said she would only be signing Playbills that night. I can only assume that her reasoning was that she was there specifically because of the play, not because of Game of Thrones. Also, if you had an official Playbill you most likely paid to see the play and didn’t just print out a random picture of her from Game of Thrones. Any other time she’ll sign anything with her likeness on it.

[@interstategar]

Ron Turcotte really knows his stuff. He was perfect to ride this great horse.

[@tosius2]

Secretariat's run at Belmont is the greatest performance by any athlete at any venue ever.

[@arthurjackson3287]

Agreed

[@thomasryan5736]

Big Red has the record for the Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont. No horse has passed him, the greatest of all time. I think Ronnie may have used his whip twice in the Derby but he never had to whip him in the others. Red wanted to run.

[@suzannerobbins6293]

tosius2 I watch it a lot still! I remember the day when Secretariat made history...watching him run at Belmont was the greatest event I ever watched!

[@Lukather5150]

Damn near supernatural

[@JRobbySh]

If one say that depicted in a film, in accordance with a script. the run would have been unbelievable.

[@judyvareberg2275]

I believe in the video of the Belmont stakes where secretariat wins by 31 lengths the extended version he commented on what it was like when he looked back he said it scared me.

[@watchmanonthewall14]

Would love to shake Ron Turcotte's hand and thank him, as so many have done.

[@giselemartin7853]

Proud of you Ron~!

[@georgesouthwick7000]

I feel a bit sorry for Ron Turcotte, not because of his injury, but because after riding Secretariat, it must have been really boring riding other horses. Sort of like dining on filet mignon for 2 years, and then having to eat bologna on Wonder Bread for the rest of your life.

[@angiet3535]

😆😆😆😆

[@janeblattner216]

RIGHT??? think I heard him say in one interview that all he had to do was ride him. Secretariat was his own man and decided his own fate. @@angiet3535

[@janeblattner216]

@janeblattner216 0 seconds ago RIGHT??? think I heard him say in one interview that all he had to do was ride him. Secretariat was his own man and decided his own fate.

[@richardgrace4500]

I would have loved to ask him what was going thrue his mind when he heard the announcer at Belmont announcing the distance between secretariat and the next horse and when he heard the distance growing...and what went thrue his mind when he looked back coming off the final turn and saw that the distance was real and when he looked back coming down the stretch and saw the distance growing

[@lizwinkelaar3613]

Thanks Ron

[@jasmineskydancer]

Fortunate opportunity for the audience - as Mr. Turcotte questions and learn from his response to them. I completely agree that thoroughbred breeding and raising them from the time they're small must should use more natural foods and less drugs- it will weaken them physically and genetically in the long run. New blood in the Thoroughbred bloodline may help reduce bone and hoof injuries as well. Many of the winning thoroughbreds have ancestors from the same bloodline- almost incest (maternal or paternal), but not quite ("cousins" down the tree having a foal from the same GG grandfather).

[@johnforeman634]

Damn, I wish they would have miked Ron a bit better.

[@jackwoods9604]

When Sunday Silence Came to NY For The Belmont Stakes NY Was The Strictest Drug State in The Country and Sunday Silences Vet Was Banned From The Barn/Stall Grounds...What Happened in The Race is History

[@crystalregan2481]

Ron was great jockey thank God it didn't fall off LOL the reason why Secretariat loss his races cuz he had a tooth abscess they didn't know he had it

[@georgiagirl1961]

Jockeys do more than ride. They are tremendous athletes. They risk there lives daily on the track. They need to raise the weight limit. Jockeys like Randy Romero suffer the consequences of organ failure maintaining the Ridiculous weight restraints imploded on jockeys.

[@chrisdukefields9868]

17:05 what a dumbass question man. How would you feel if you were paralyzed?? I love u Ron thanks for the memories!!!! God bless you

[@ccasey1904]

Hold the freaking camera steady!!!!

[@lisadalessandro3396]

great questions.

[@dbaum23]

The first question was dumb and I've seen several people make this false comment. The triple crown was around when Man O'War raced. He just didn't race in the Kentucky Derby cause his owner didn't want him to.

[@1greattorero]

Well of course Secretariat! no horse like him

[@dwightcurrie8316]

Why didn't somebody ask if he really told a pretty girl that he was "Taller when he stood on his wallet" like the movie shows?

[@Republinator]

Hey Ron Turcotte, do you remember Harry Kaplan? He was the NYRA photographer who shot the famous picture of you coming down the rail at the Belmont Stakes, and also when Secretariat lost to Onion at Saratoga. Are I'm sure you remember, you asked him to lend you his fly rod. He did, and after several requests to get it back, you never returned it. We'd like it back.

[@garyhogan6545]

Ouch.

[@susanbell4718]

photography is terrible-- the camera kept moving about.

[@Caroni100]

Ron Turcotte (22 de julio 1941 - ) * 20.281 Montas * 3.032 Primeros (%) * 2.897 Segundos (%) * 2.559 Terceros (%) * $ 28.606.490 producidos (%) * (%) = Desde 1960 hasta 1978 * Líder Jinete en el Hipódromo Woodbine en 1962 & 1963 * Hombre del Año de las Carreras Canadienses 1978 * Gran Premio del Deporte Hípico 1978 * Premio Memorial Jinete George Woolf 1979 * Premio Memorial Jinete Avelino Gómez 1984 * Exaltado al Salón de la Fama del Museo de los Deportes de Nueva Brunswick, Canadá en 1973 * Orden de Canadá 1974 * Exaltado al Museo Nacional de las Carreras y Salón de la Fama en 1979 * Exaltado al Salón de la Fama del Deporte de Nueva York * Exaltado al Salón de la Fama de los Deportes de Canadá en 1980 * Exaltado al Salón de la Fama de las Carreras de Caballos Canadiense en 1980 * Exaltado al Salón de la fama del Hipódromo Hawthorne en 1986 * Exaltado al Salón de la Fama de los Deportes de Long Island en 1980 * Paul Harris Fellowship * ¡Bravo, campeón! Saludos desde Venezuela Ron Turcotte (July 22, 1941 - ) * 20.281 Mounts * 3.032 Firsts (%) * 2.897 Seconds (%) * 2.559 Thirds (%) * $ 28.606.490 earned (%) * (%) = Since 1960 until 1978 * 1962 & 1963 Leading Jockey at Woodbine Racetrack * 1978Canadian Racing´s Man-of-the-Year * 1978 Big Sport of Turfdom Award * 1979 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award * 1984 Avelino Gomez Memorial Jockey Award * Inducted to New Brunswick Sports Hall fo Fame, Canadá in 1973 * 1974 Order of Canada * Inducted to The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1979 * Inducted to New York Sports Hall of Fame * Inducted to Canada´s Sports Hall of Fame in 1980 * Inducted to Canadian Horse Racing Hall fo Fame in 1980 * Inducted to Hatwhorne Racing Hall of Fame in 1986 * Inducted to Long Island Sports Hall of Fame in 1980 * Paul Harris Fellowship * Well done, champion! Best regards from Venezuela

[@oldmaison333]

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[@sammiejo1954]

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