So…Who's Horse of the Year? Ron Turcotte

Monday, December 3, 2018 | 1:00 pm

Updated: December 3, 2018 at 1:04 pm

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 10: Legendary Triple Crown-winning jockey Ron Turcotte (Secretariat, 1973) visits The Empire State Building in celebration of the 148th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes which will be held on Saturday, June 11 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., at The Empire State Building on June 10, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

I don't believe that a horse wining the Triple Crown should automatically make him Horse of the Year because that sometimes means they still don't get tested against older horses. But I still feel that Justify should be this year's Horse of the Year. He won all of his races so easily and the other horse, Accelerate, had a big year, but he didn't go undefeated like Justify did. It's a hard choice. Accelerate had a great year and beat older horses. Accelerate was very good and I think he'll go on and win the Pegasus World Cup. But I was so impressed with how easily Justify won the Triple Crown that he would be my choice.
Turcotte does not have an Eclipse Award vote.

RON TURCOTTE, Hall of Fame Jockey, winner of the 1973 Triple Crown aboard Secretariat.