No one had ever seen anything close to this, and no has ever seen anything like it since. This was simply breathtaking.

The Belmont Stakes is the longest leg of the Triple Crown and the one that makes legends. Since 1973, horses have battled fatigue, fierce rivals, and the weight of history. Here are 15 of the most ...

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In 1973, Secretariat was established as the greatest racehorse of the modern age, winning the Triple Crown of U.S. Thoroughbred Horse Racing while setting records in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness ...

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 ...

“When it came to running, he could fly,” Turcotte once said of the famed horse Jerry Cooke/Sports Illustrated via Getty Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode Secretariat to a Triple Crown in 1973 and ...

The Belmont Stakes, the oldest and final jewel of the Triple Crown of American horse racing, has been running since 1867. It was founded by and named after August Belmont Sr., a prominent figure in ...

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the ...

Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, died Aug. 22 at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick. He was 84. His family announced the death in a statement ...