Online voting is now open to select the 12th annual winner of the 2021 Secretariat Vox Populi Award. Created by Secretariat’s late owner Penny Chenery, the Vox Populi, or “Voice of the People,” Award recognizes the racehorse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the public and gained recognition for the sport during the past year.

Now that the 2021 Breeders’ Cup World Championships are wrapped up, the racing calendar begins the transition toward prep races for the 2022 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and the opening of winter meets at major tracks in Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and California. We’re still a few weeks away from that, however, and in the meantime racing continues at Churchill Downs and