He has also been memorialized in the Hall of Fame for being an excellent thoroughbred horse trainer.

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But Laurin, a former jockey who spent more than 40 years as a trainer, achieved overriding fame as the man who saddled the charismatic chestnut Secretariat.In the summer of 1971, Laurin became the prime trainer for Meadow Stable in Virginia. He achieved moderate success as a jockey in New England, but then his career almost came to an end. Mary MacLane, Canadian-born American writer and pioneering feminist whose frank autobiographical account of her life—written at age 19 and published as The Story of Mary MacLane—by Herself in 1902—became an instant best seller and made her a celebrity for two decades. And then, when it was clear Secretariat had passed all the other horses, Lucien said, 'For God's sake, Ronnie, don't fall off.'

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I called him 'my temporary trainer.'

He said, 'My dad will help you out.' Presented as archival content. ''There was never a horse like him. B. Hancock Jr.Laurin resigned as trainer for Meadow Stable in 1976 but returned to racing in 1983 as trainer and part owner of Evergreen Stable.Recalling his ride on Secretariat in the Kentucky Derby, Turcotte remembered the faith that Laurin showed in him.

He gave me confidence.

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''Laurin and his fellow French-Canadian, the jockey Ron Turcotte, teamed up for five Triple Crown victories -- the two by Riva Ridge and then Secretariat's epic 1973 season when he became the first Triple Crown winner since Citation in 1948.Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in record time, captured the Preakness Stakes and then turned in one of the most memorable performances in sports history when he captured the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths in 2 minutes 24 seconds, the fastest mile and a half ever run on a dirt course in the United States.As Chenery remembered the moment: ''When the race began, Lucien said: 'Oh my God, Ronnie, you're going too fast.

''In the paddock at the Derby that day, Mr. Laurin asked me, 'Do you really think he can go a mile and a quarter?' This is a mile and a half.' This article was most recently revised and updated by Margaret Fox and Catherine Fox: …to spirits by many, including Margaret and Catherine, and soon the curious, the gullible, and the skeptical alike were coming in droves to observe for themselves. Lucien Laurin, who trained Secretariat, the 1973 Triple Crown winner who was perhaps the fastest thoroughbred that ever raced, died yesterday at a …

When he arrived at Meadow Stable, Riva Ridge was in the process of becoming the 2-year-old champion. In 1972, Laurin saddled Riva Ridge to victories in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.But Riva Ridge would always be second best to the handsome and powerfully built Secretariat, who was a 2-year-old when Riva Ridge was dominating the Triple Crown.Chenery would remember what happened when Secretariat was beaten the first time he raced. Their sensational reputation spread rapidly.

Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. If he puts pressure on me, God knows what happens.'

I told him, 'I don't want to push him, let him relax and gallop along.'

''TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers.Lucien Laurin, the Trainer of Secretariat, Is Dead at 88 Instead of making me tense, he made me relax.

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Unlike most articles on Britannica.com, Book of the Year articles are not reviewed and revised after their initial publication. He was banned for life in 1938 when stewards at Narragansett Park in Rhode Island found a buzzer -- a device that can spur a horse with an electric shock -- in Laurin's jacket before the start of a racing card.Racing authorities rejected Laurin's contention that someone had slipped the device into his jacket while he was playing cards in the jockeys' room.Laurin got a job exercising horses at Alfred Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm, rode briefly after the suspension was lifted in 1941, then turned to training the following year in New England, working for Reginald Webster.

This article was originally published in the Britannica Book of the Year, an annual print publication that ''He could do everything,'' Laurin once said of Secretariat, who died in 1989 at age 19.

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