Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule with races offering qualifying points for the 1 ¼-mile classic May 2, 2026, at Churchill Downs.
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Ron Turcotte: Secretariat’s Hall of Fame Rider
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.
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.
