Sports ‘The best horseman that ever walked:’ Billy Turner’s amazing rise and sad death inside January 15, 2022Josh Peter, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘The best horseman that ever walked:’ Billy Turner’s amazing rise and sad death inside Billy Turner, who died Dec. 31 at age 81, called the shots in 1977 when Seattle Slew won the Triple Crown, one of 11 trainers to achieve the feat.