"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.

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.