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Swapping racing stories at the Queen's Plate on Saturday, the queen mother managed to break up top Canadian jockey Ron Turcotte just before the vital (...)
Swapping racing stories at the Queen's Plate on Saturday, the queen mother managed to break up top Canadian jockey Ron Turcotte just before the vital (...)

Swapping racing stories at the Queen's Plate on Saturday, the queen mother managed to break up top Canadian jockey Ron Turcotte just before the vital (...)

Date6/27/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Swapping racing stories at the Queen's Plate on Saturday; the queen mother managed to break up top Canadian jockey Ron Turcotte just before the vital seventh race-in which he ran eighth on a favorite; Des Erables. She visited the paddock; but didn't bet.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0122658F
Parade to the post: Ron Turcotte, the great Canadian jockey who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 1978, dropped by Woodbine yesterday to watch the horses parade to the post
Parade to the post: Ron Turcotte, the great Canadian jockey who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 1978, dropped by Woodbine yesterday to watch the horses parade to the post
10/15/1986
Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
9/26/1979
Royal congratulations: Queen Elizabeth chats with jockey Ron Turcotte in the winner's circle after he rode Fanfreliche to victory in the Manitoba Centennial Derby yesterday
Royal congratulations: Queen Elizabeth chats with jockey Ron Turcotte in the winner's circle after he rode Fanfreliche to victory in the Manitoba Centennial Derby yesterday
7/15/1970
Hall of Famers: Former top jockey Johnny Longden, left, welcomes Ron Turcotte to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Hall of Famers: Former top jockey Johnny Longden, left, welcomes Ron Turcotte to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
8/1/1980
The Queen Mother greets Donald Seymour, winning jockey at the Queen's Plate yesterday
The Queen Mother greets Donald Seymour, winning jockey at the Queen's Plate yesterday
7/9/1989
Delighted owner J. Louis Levesque of Montreal leads Queen's Plate winner L'Enjoleur and jockey Sandy Hawley to winner's circle at Woodbine Saturday. I(...)
Delighted owner J. Louis Levesque of Montreal leads Queen's Plate winner L'Enjoleur and jockey Sandy Hawley to winner's circle at Woodbine Saturday. I(...)
6/29/1975
SIlver anniversary: Owner Penny Chenery and jockey Ron Turcotte reminisce about Secretariat's victory in 1973 Canadian International, his final career race
SIlver anniversary: Owner Penny Chenery and jockey Ron Turcotte reminisce about Secretariat's victory in 1973 Canadian International, his final career race
10/15/1998
Queen's Plate trophy for winning colt Whistling Sea was presented to Calgary owner Paul Olivier by the Queen Mother Saturday, as Mrs. Olivier, at extr(...)
Queen's Plate trophy for winning colt Whistling Sea was presented to Calgary owner Paul Olivier by the Queen Mother Saturday, as Mrs. Olivier, at extr(...)
6/27/1965
Badly Injured when his horse fell at Belmont in 1978, jockey Ron Turcotte tried bravely to walk again but even determination and excercise didn't work(...)
Badly Injured when his horse fell at Belmont in 1978, jockey Ron Turcotte tried bravely to walk again but even determination and excercise didn't work(...)
11/23/1984
Call to the post: Bugler Jim Ahrens calls the horses to the post for yesterday's 129th running of the crown jewel of Canadian thoroughbred racing - The Queen's Plate
Call to the post: Bugler Jim Ahrens calls the horses to the post for yesterday's 129th running of the crown jewel of Canadian thoroughbred racing - The Queen's Plate
7/10/1988
Swapping fish stories? Conservative leader Larry Grossman and son Jamie, 12, kick off the ice fishing season at Jackson's Point in a hut on Lake Simco(...)
Swapping fish stories? Conservative leader Larry Grossman and son Jamie, 12, kick off the ice fishing season at Jackson's Point in a hut on Lake Simco(...)
1/15/1986
At right four girls pass the time swapping stories on the front porch
At right four girls pass the time swapping stories on the front porch
7/14/1983