From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their triumphs ended ...

Secretariat (1970-89) was the winner of the 1973 Triple Crown and is widely considered to be one of the greatest Thoroughbred race horses of all time. His times in the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont ...

There are moments in sports which forever embed themselves in the minds of those who watched it, either live or through an endless video loop. But the one that you can expect to see over and over for ...

There’s no question that horse racing is a gambling sport. The chance to win hundreds or thousands of dollars by going to the race track or using your phone to place a bet is an alluring proposition ...

The last time Charlie Davis saw Secretariat was through the blinds of his dorm room at Belmont Park. He couldn't bear to watch from any closer. The horse he had exercised, along with Jim Gaffney, was ...

Secretariat had an unusually large heart, an engine that propelled him to a Triple Crown sweep 50 years ago. The colt nicknamed Big Red remains the heartbeat of an industry that has yet to see such ...

As Valentine’s Day approaches, thoughts naturally turn to matters of the heart. For fans of Virginia native and triple crown winner Secretariat, that has a two-fold meaning. Secretariat continues to ...

Jimmy Gaffney got to work early yesterday, and stayed late. He was in Window 1502 on the second floor of the Belmont clubhouse, wearing a pinstriped jacket and tie, taking $50 bets, a small, affable ...

Sandy Hawley's career highlight was becoming the first jockey to win 500 races in one year and he did that in 1973, breaking Bill Shoemaker's record. "We ended up winning 515 that year," said Hawley, ...

From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their triumphs ended ...