Jockey Ron Turcotte rode Riva Ridge to victory in the 1972 Kentucky Derby and back-to-back Belmont Stakes. His repeat Derby win in 1973 aboard Secretariat made him the first jockey with back-to ...
Though the Belmont Stakes is being run at a mile and a quarter for the first time since 1905, the race's signature moment took place in 1973, when Secretariat blew away the field at Belmont Park ...