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The North American horse racing calendar turns over this Saturday, and horsemen, fans, and gamblers alike are all anticipating a 2022 that’s full of great racing, big scores, and more than anything else, a sense of normalcy resembling this time a couple of years ago… which will mean we’ve left the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind.

"Out of all the things you do in life, there's that one minute that you feel like you're the most important thing in the world because everybody's watching you." – Leo Brock in the movie "Jockey," played by real-life rider Logan Cormier.

What’s been an eventful 2021 in the world of North American horse racing is about to end, and the upcoming weekend will feature a Kentucky Derby qualifying race at Remington Park before action winds down during Christmas week.

The votes have all been counted and the results are in for the third-annual America’s Best Racing’s Fan Choice Awards!  The 2021 voting period saw 10 hotly-contest categories ranging from your favorite bet to favorite food to this year’s favorite rider. Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2021 Fan Choice Awards as selected by you, the fans.

2022 Fan Choice Award winners:

Favorite All-Time Filly or Mare

Horse racing fans have spoken, and they have chosen Hot Rod Charlie, the gutsy 3-year-old colt who was a force along the Triple Crown trail, as the winner of the 2021 Secretariat Vox Populi Award. Created by Secretariat’s owner Penny Chenery, the award annually recognizes the horse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the general public and gained recognition for Thoroughbred racing.

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