Turcotte, a former lumberjack who began his racing career in 1961, won 3,023 races over the course of nearly two decades before his career ended in 1978 at the age of 36.

Ron Turcotte, a champion jockey who made racing history when he piloted the great Secretariat to resounding victories in all three Triple Crown races in 1973, died on Friday at his home in Drummond, ...