The Turcottes The remarkable story of a horse racing dynasty by Curtis Stock The Turcottes lived such unlikely lives, it's a wonder there haven't been more books written about them.
The high point of Turcotte family history is a record that still stands – Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat to the fastest Triple Crown ever known.
This spring marks the 50h anniversary of those glorious races, and author Curtis Stock, himself a celebrated track writer, is out to tell the story in full for the first time.
Mum, Dad, and 14 kids, the Turcottes are an impoverished lumberjacking family in Drummond, N.B. The boys work in the forest, some skidding logs with teams of horses; others riding rafts of the timber itself, downriver to mill.
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