Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode Secretariat during his Triple Crown year in 1973 and electrified the sport, died Friday at his home in Canada. He was 84.

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who won the Triple Crown in 1973 with Secretariat, has died at the age of 84.

DRUMMOND, New Brunswick (AP) — 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 Canada-born jockey died of natural causes at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick, on Friday.