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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Secretariat's jockey, Ron Turcotte, passed away Friday at the age of 84. The news was confirmed by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in a statement reading: “Ron was a legendary rider and also an inspiration for all he achieved and overcame during his incredible life. Although best known for sweeping the Triple Crown with Secretariat–culminating with a 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes–Turcotte's Hall of Fame career spanned 18 years and more than 3,000 wins. As an ambassador for both the sport and the legacy of the great Secretariat, Ron made countless people into fans of racing through his kindness and the time he gave to all, whether telling stories about Big Red, signing autographs, or posing for pictures. He was a fierce competitor on the track and a gentleman off of it. He will forever be remembered as one of the game's greats.” Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1979, Turcotte won 3,032 races, but will always be remembered as the primary rider for the great Secretariat. Turcotte did not ride Secretariat in his first two races. Apprentice Paul Feliciano did. Turcotte took over for a 1972 allowance race at Saratoga and, for the next 18 races, Turcotte and Secretariat put on a show unlike anything racing had seen in several decades. Winning the Sanford, Hopeful, Futurity, the Laurel Futurity and the Garden State Stakes as a 2-year-old, Secretariat was named 1972 Horse of the Year. He repeated that feat in1973, thanks in large part to a historic romp through the Triple Crown races. The best of the best came in the Belmont Stakes, which Secretariat won by 31 lengths. The horse was running so fast early that some worried that Turcotte had blown the race and that Secretarial would have nothing left for the stretch. “I knew we were putting Sham and the rest far behind us with Secretariat's long, loping strides,” Turcotte told Tom Pedulla in 2018. “I knew he was going to have no trouble getting the mile and a half. I peeked and the other horses must have been 15-20 lengths behind. Now, the only race was against the clock.” Turcotte referenced the timing issue at the Preakness, where the official time was 1:55, but several observers hand-timed him as fast as 1:53 2/5, more than enough to break the record. “After the Preakness timing controversy, I wanted Secretariat to set a record that would stand a long time. With 70 yards to go, I chirped to him to make sure he did not lose focus. He responded by finding still another gear. Sure that the race was won, that Secretariat would be the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, I was able to soak in everything. The crowd that was going wild. The teletimer. Track announcer Chic Anderson's memorable race call. 'Secretariat is widening now. He is moving like a tremendous machine!'”` Ron Turcotte and Secretariat's unforgettable Belmont win | NYRA Photo Due to a careless riding suspension, Turcotte was not available to ride Secretariat in his final start, the GII Canadian International at Woodbine. The mount went to Eddie Maple. With trainer Lucien Laurin having passed away in 2000 and owner Penny Tweedy in 2017, Turcotte was the last remaining member of the trio that directed Secretariat's career. Born in Drummond, New Brunswick, Canada in 1941 and one of 12 children, he left school at 14 to work with his father as a lumberjack. A few years later, he would begin his career in racing in 1960, working as a hotwalker at E.P. Taylor's Windfields Farm. Riding in his native country at the start of his career, he won his first race in 1962. A year later and still an apprentice, Turcotte was aboard Northern Dancer when he made his debut a winning one in 1963 at Fort Erie. In 1965, he won his first Triple Crown race, capturing the Preakness with Tom Rolfe. Turcotte would eventually find his way to the New York tracks, where he established himself as one of the top jockeys in the nation. He developed a working relationship with Laurin, who gave him the mount on another Hall of Famer, Riva Ridge. With Turcotte aboard, he won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont in 1972. A fourth-place finish in the Preakness was sandwiched in between. A year later, Turcotte became the first jockey in seventy years to win back-to-back runnings of the Kentucky Derby. During an 18-year career, his other notable wins include the Kentucky Oaks, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Florida Derby, the Travers, the Alabama, the Wood Memorial and the Santa Anita Handicap. He led all riders in stakes wins in 1972 and 1973. Turcotte's career ended tragically on July 13, 1978 when he was involved in a spill at Belmont Park when aboard a filly named Flag of Leyte Gulf. The injuries left him a paraplegic. “What's under the bridge is gone,” Turcotte told writer Eddie Donnally in 1988. “It's funny how you seem to forget the bad memories. You don't remember the hard times. They just seem to evaporate. I've accepted what happened, but I haven't accepted my condition. I still hold out hope I will walk.” Turcotte never did walk again, but he stayed active in the sport, making numerous appearances at racetracks to celebrate his career and to raise awareness for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. After his career ended, he moved back to New Brunswick and settled in the town of Grand Falls. In 2015, Grand Falls honored him with a life-sized statue of him riding Secretariat. “I have received many awards and trophies from all over, but to have my own town honor me in this way is very special to me and my family,” said Turcotte. “It is very touching, believe me. It made me cry a few times there.” In addition to the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, Turcotte has been inducted into, among others, the Canadian Racing Hall of Fame and the New York Sports Hall of Fame. He has received the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award, the George Woolf Memorial Award and Sovereign Award, Canada's version of the Eclipse Awards. Turcotte was named French Canadian Athlete-of-the-Year in 1973 and was the first person from Thoroughbred racing ever to be appointed a member of the Order of Canada. The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund Chairman William Punk, Jr. released a statement following Turcotte's passing Friday, saying: “The Board of Directors of the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund and its recipients mourn the passing of one our greatest champions and ambassadors. Ron's tireless advocacy and efforts on behalf of his fellow fallen rider is beyond measure. Although he is appropriately recognized as a member of the Racing Hall of Fame for his accomplishments in the saddle, his contributions to the PDJF established him as a giant in the hearts of all associated with this organization. His memory and his impact will live on forever. Our thoughts and prayers are with Gaetane, their daughters and his family and friends at this difficult time.” This post will be updated. The post Hall Of Famer Ron Turcotte Passes Away At 84 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
IRON ORCHARD (f, 2, Authentic–Onebrethatatime, by Brethren), who graduated by open lengths during the Fourth of July Festival at Saratoga, made light work of seven overmatched rivals to run her record to two wins from two starts with a front-running success in Friday's Seeking The Ante Stakes at the Spa. Most recently hammered down for $500,000 at this year's OBS April Sale, Iron Orchard was made the long odds-on favorite for that debut as she faced mostly auction maidens with a stipulation that allowed New York-breds to compete no matter their purchase price at their most recent sale. Having duly dismissed that field by 5 1/2 lengths, she was a logical 3-4 favorite to take this next step and did so with a minimum of fuss. In front almost at once beneath Joel Rosario, Iron Orchard made the running from chief market rival Grazie (Modernist) through an opening quarter in :22.27 and was asked to dispose of the Repole runner after a half in :45.36. Quickly putting several lengths on the field prior to the eighth pole, she coasted under the wire to take it by daylight, becoming the sixth stakes winner for her Spendthrift-based stallion, whose 2-year-old half-sister gets her career started Saturday at Ellis Park. Sales history: $140,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $97,000 RNA Ylg '24 FTNAUG; $78,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $500,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. O-Edward A Childs & R A Hill Stable; B-Pine Ridge Stable LLC (NY); T-Danny Gargan The post Authentic Filly Iron Orchard Dominates the Seeking The Ante appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
I fail to see what is so hard to understand. Obviously posters dont know that all stable personnel must be licensed. Ground workers, track riders( slow and fast work, separate categories) trainers ( obviously) and of course riders, either professional or amateur. All hold licenses issued by NZTR. Random members of the public cannot wander in and out of stable yards unless authorized by trainers ( feed delivery, farriers/ vets, etc). -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
It has been a compelling few days at York, but it all comes to a head this weekend with an abundance of high-class action including a new British Group 1 in Saturday's City Of York. Upgraded to become the country's first seven-furlong contest to carry the status, it has duly attracted one of the best of the domestic brigade in Rosallion. While the son of Blue Point has met with three defeats so far this term, the last two when denied in photos in the Queen Anne and Sussex only serve to confirm his standing as one of the elite milers of his time. Although he was an Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James's Palace winner last term, this return to seven could be the ideal scenario and it holds no fears for Richard Hannon. “It's back to seven furlongs, but two of his best performances have been at this distance, in the Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot and Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere,” he said. “I don't think there is anybody who I've seen while racing who doesn't think he deserves another Group 1 win and he's been a model of consistency all year. Hopefully he gets his reward for it.” While Juddmonte's Qirat (Showcasing) denied him in the Sussex when left to his own devices as a rogue pacemaker, this represents an entirely different test and he is unlikely to be ignored now the cat is out of the bag. The Golden Eagle hero Lake Forest (No Nay Never), Summer Mile winner Never So Brave (No Nay Never) and Prix Jean Prat runer-up Maranoa Charlie (Wootton Bassett) add ballast, but Rosallion looks to have a class edge. Morny Caps Big Weekend For The Juveniles… Sunday's G1 Sumbe Prix Morny is a true gem, with five juveniles who have shown a large degree of talent. Ballydoyle's impressive Coventry winner Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) needs no hyping after that display and bids to emulate his half-brother Vandeek's victory of two years ago. The fact that David Armstrong's Coppull (Bated Breath) was so well-beaten in that Royal Ascot feature before recording a convincing win in Goodwood's Richmond says it all about the potential quality of the Rosegreen representative. It is not impossible that Coppull has improved past Gstaad in the interim, while the Albany and Duchess of Cambridge winner Venetian Sun (Starman) has been boosted by the York exploits of Royal Fixation. Godolphin's Wise Approach (Mehmas) is also firmly in the mix, having finished second to Charles Darwin over five in the Norfolk before taking apart the Gimcrack runner-up Rock On Thunder back over this trip in Newbury's Listed Rose Bowl Stakes. Then there is the small matter of the much-vaunted Outfielder (Speightstown), Amo Racing, Jayson Werth and Wesley Ward's potential superstar who left such a lasting impression at Churchill Downs in May. Ahead of this feast, there are the Group 2 contests at The Curragh on Saturday which should tell us a lot more about next year's Classic picture. Ballydoyle have their customary strong representation in both the Futurity and Debutante, with Wootton Bassett's Galway winner Constitution River and Silver Flash winner Composing set to head to post as favourites for each prize. Composing has proven Pattern-race form already and looks a cut above the Anglesey scorer Suzie Songs (Starspangledbanner) and Albany third Balantina (Ten Sovereigns), while the Futurity is perhaps more of a poser with the impressive Killarney and Curragh maiden winners A Boy Named Susie (Starspangledbanner) and Geryon (Lope De Vega) just as valid as Constitution River at this stage. There are more avenues for the two-year-old fillies on Sunday, with Deauville's G2 Sumbe Prix du Calvados seeing the Princess Margaret winner Fitzella (Too Darn Hot) upped to seven furlongs to encounter an exciting Godolphin-Fabre project in My Highness (Ghaiyyath) and Goodwood's G3 Prestige Fillies' Stakes offering a fascinating clash between some genuine 1,000 Guineas types. The latter is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In and the winner will be guaranteed an automatic berth in the $1-million John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Leading them is Cheveley Park Stud's unbeaten Moon Target (Cracksman), who has won her maiden and novice by a combined margin of 13 lengths and bids to emulate the operation's 1996 winner Red Camellia for Sir Mark Prescott. Ballydoyle have one in here too in the Cork maiden winner Precise (Starspangledbanner), while Al Shaqab and Amo Racing's course-and-distance maiden scorer Aylin (St Mark's Basilica) is another who ticks a lot of boxes. Prescott said of Moon Target, “I've been a while without one for Cheveley and I had a marvellous run for them with Pivotal, Red Camellia who actually won the Prestige, and Hooray, who often gets forgotten and was champion two-year-old filly. I liked her much, much more once I worked her as she always went very, very well without apparently doing anything. Initially I thought the others must be very bad because of the way she just did it, so she's been interesting and I think she caught everybody by surprise when it turned out at home she could go.” Dream Scenario In The Romanet? There are so many sub-plots throughout the weekend it will take a while to digest once the dust is settled. While not exactly a sidenote as a Group 1 race for fillies and mares, Sunday's Sumbe Prix Jean Romanet is usually one of the lighter of its type staged in Europe and this year's edition is no exception. With Ballydoyle's Bedtime Story (Frankel) yet to recover her two-year-old form, it represents an ideal opportunity for Godolphin's Cinderella's Dream (Shamardal) to follow up her Falmouth success provided she sees out this mile-and-a-quarter trip. She was second in last year's 11-furlong Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, but that was at Del Mar and there are some strong-staying fillies in here including the Aga Khan Studs runner Cankoura (Persian King) who took the G3 Prix de Pysche and was third in the Prix de Diane. Other honourable mentions over the two days must go to Juddmonte's Greenham winner and Poule d'Essai des Poulains runner-up Jonquil (Lope De Vega) in Goodwood's feature G2 Celebration Mile, taken on by the progressive three-year-old filly Saqqara Sands (Oasis Dream) who dead-heated in the Oak Tree last time, Lordship Stud's still-promising TDN Rising Star Bowmark (Kingman) in York's G3 Strensall Stakes on Saturday and Wathnan's Copper Horse Stakes winner French Master (Frankel) under top weight in the meeting's feature Ebor Handicap. The post ‘He Deserves Another Group 1 Win’: Hannon Looking To Rosallion To Shine Again appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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