American Classic Race wins:Kentucky Derby (1972, 1973)Preakness Stakes (1965, 1973)Belmont Stakes (1972, 1973)United States Triple Crown (1973)Ronald Joseph Morel Turcotte, CM ONB (born July 22, 1941) is a retired Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S.

Turcotte began his career in Toronto as a hot walker for E. P. Taylor's Windfields Farm in 1960, but he was soon wearing the silks and winning races.

[citation needed] In 1972 he rode Riva Ridge to victory in the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes.

[3] He was voted the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.

In 1984 he became the first ever recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award given annually to the jockey who is Canadian-born, Canadian-raised, or a regular in the country, who has made significant contributions to the sport.

[9] Turcotte now lives in his home town of Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife Gaëtane and their four daughters.