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 following his Kentucky Derby win in announcing the passing of the Hall of Fame jockey Friday.

Turcotte rode Secretariat to all but one of his stakes wins and he was also the primary rider on 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, Riva Ridge.

Secretariat's 31-length win in the 1973 Belmont Stakes produced one of the most memorable finishes in thoroughbred racing. Turcotte remembered peeking under his arm with a quarter-mile to go and seeing the other horses as mere dots behind him. The racing world had never seen anything like it before or since.

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