There should be no mention of the mighty Triple Crown champion Secretariat without pointing to jockey Ron Turcotte as an integral member of a dynamite team. It might appear from watching replays of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in 1973 as if Turcotte was merely a passenger taken for a wonderful ride by the gleaming colt they called “Big Red.” But Penny Chenery, Secretariat’s owner, knew better.
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CALUM McCLURKIN: Masterful Mullins of interest in yet another Ayr raid
With the British trainers championship out of reach this season, Willie Mullins has largely kept his better horses at home post-Cheltenham.
CALUM McCLURKIN: Masterful Mullins of interest in yet another Ayr raid
With the British trainers championship out of reach this season, Willie Mullins has largely kept his better horses at home post-Cheltenham.
Grand National punter wins £900,000 in the race’s biggest winning bet on I Am Maximus – leaving a bookmaker facing liquidation!
An Aintree punter with deep pockets is now an awful lot richer after I Am Maximus's Grand National victory.
