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  1. Popular culture. References. Lucien Laurin (March 18, 1912 – June 26, 2000) was a French-Canadian jockey and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was best known for training Secretariat, who won the Triple Crown in 1973. Life and career. Laurin was born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada.

  2. In January 1972, he joined trainer Lucien Laurin's winter stable at Hialeah. Secretariat gained a reputation as a kind horse, likeable and unruffled in crowds or by the bumping that occurs between young horses. He had the physique of a runner but at first was awkward and clumsy.

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  4. Jun 27, 2000 · Lucien Laurin, who trained Secretariat, the 1973 Triple Crown winner who was perhaps the fastest thoroughbred that ever raced, died yesterday at a hospital in Miami. Laurin, who lived in Key...

  5. Apr 30, 2023 · That was in January 1972, when trainer Lucien Laurin introduced the 30-year-old jockey to the 2-year-old colt at Hialeah Park in Florida. In the next 22 months they would make the kind of history that felt then like it was once in a lifetime. A half-century later it still feels that way. “He was everything,” Turcotte said.

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  6. Jul 10, 2000 · "Let him roll, Ronnie," Laurin said. A few minutes later there was Laurin, draped on the rail with stopwatch in hand, as Secretariat raced through the Belmont stretch, running as fast as a horse can run, making the back of Turcotte's jacket billow. Snapping the watch as the horse crossed the wire, Lucien cried, "Oh, my god! He went 33 and three ...

  7. By Matt Hegarty. Daily Racing Form. Lucien Laurin, the irascible French Canadian who trained Secretariat to win the 1973 Triple Crown and two consecutive Horse of the Year titles, died Monday...

  8. Oct 11, 2022 · The bright-red chestnut joined trainer Lucien Laurins winter stable at Hialeah Park in Florida in early 1972, quickly earning a reputation as a kind and intelligent horse. Secretariat had a desired physique but was clumsy in his early training. After several months of training, Laurin believed the Meadow colt was ready to make his debut.

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