Matt Battocchio
@mrmattb.bsky.social
Cross Country and Track & Field Coach. Douglas College and SFU alum
Ron Turcotte is one of the best Canadian athletes. Very successful as a jockey & influential in his work for the Permanently Disabled Jockey Fund. Highly recommend the documentary 'Ron Turcotte, Secretariat's Jockey'. Much more to his career & life than one horse
www.cbc.ca/sports/ron-t...
www.cbc.ca/sports/ron-t...
Canada's Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, dead at 84 | CBC Sports
Ron Turcotte guided Secretariat to an emphatic American Triple Crown sweep in 1973. So dominant was that performance that Secretariat still holds the records he set that year in the Kentucky Derby, Pr...
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August 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Ron Turcotte is one of the best Canadian athletes. Very successful as a jockey & influential in his work for the Permanently Disabled Jockey Fund. Highly recommend the documentary 'Ron Turcotte, Secretariat's Jockey'. Much more to his career & life than one horse
www.cbc.ca/sports/ron-t...
www.cbc.ca/sports/ron-t...
Good move from SFU. The Athletics & Recreation Strategy was released & includes much more than confirming that football will not return.
athletics.sfu.ca/news/2025/1/...
athletics.sfu.ca/news/2025/1/...
January 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Good move from SFU. The Athletics & Recreation Strategy was released & includes much more than confirming that football will not return.
athletics.sfu.ca/news/2025/1/...
athletics.sfu.ca/news/2025/1/...
Throughout his life, Jimmy Carter strove to make a positive difference in the world. Something we should all aim to accomplish.
A wise quote from him that has stuck with me:
"It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail."
A wise quote from him that has stuck with me:
"It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail."
December 30, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Throughout his life, Jimmy Carter strove to make a positive difference in the world. Something we should all aim to accomplish.
A wise quote from him that has stuck with me:
"It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail."
A wise quote from him that has stuck with me:
"It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail."