Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode the legendary Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973 and won more than 3,000 races over his two-decade career, died Friday morning of natural causes at his home in Canada, per the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He was 84.

Turcotte began his career as a jockey in the 1960s, and entered the national spotlight when he won the 1965 Preakness Stakes aboard Tom Rolfe. But his greatest fame and greatest accomplishments would come beginning in 1972, when he won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes as the jockey for Riva Ridge. Following Triple Crown season, he would take over for Paul Feliciano as the jockey for a two-year old stallion named Secretariat. The combination would proceed to win races at Saratoga, Belmont, Laurel, Garden State and Aqued

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