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A saddle used by the famous New Brunswick jockey, Ron Turcotte, was sold on Thursday at an auction house in New York. The custom-made leather saddle was put up by Christie’s New York and sold for $1,524,000 US, or about $2 million Cdn.
Ron Turcotte called the custom-made leather saddle his ‘big race’ saddle
Hope Edmond · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 14, 2026 4:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 31 minutes ago
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New Brunswick jockey Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat during his Triple Crown win in 1973. (Racing Museum.org)
A saddle used by the famous New Brunswick jockey, Ron Turcotte, was sold on Thursday at an auction house in New York.
The custom-made leather saddle was put up by Christie’s New York and sold for $1,524,000 US, or about $2 million Cdn.
In January, Nathalie Ferneau, the head of sale for private and iconic collections at Christie’s, said the piece was estimated to be worth between $1.5 million US and $2 million US.
Turcotte referred to it as his “big race” saddle.
The saddle was previously owned by the late Jim Irsay,
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