Chrome to be honored with Vox Populi Award at Santa Anita January 10

“Team Chrome,” including jockey Victor Espinoza, will participate in a special autograph session (Benoit Photos)

Santa Anita Park will honor California Chrome as the winner of the
Secretariat “Vox Populi” (Voice of the People) Award on January 10, with
“Chrome’s” connections scheduled to be on-hand prior to the races for a special
autograph session that will include a free California Chrome poster to the first
2,000 fans attending the session, which begins at 11 a.m. (PST).

Presented annually for the fifth time, the “Vox Populi” Award was established
by Mrs. Penny Chenery, owner of 1973 Triple Crown Champion Secretariat.
California Chrome was a handy winner among a record number of online voters.
Chrome basked in the national spotlight throughout 2014, winning six of his nine
starts, including the Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and
Hollywood Derby.

Regular rider Victor Espinoza and trainer Art Sherman, along with California
Chrome owners Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, will be available to sign
autographs beginning at 11 a.m. in Santa Anita’s East Paddock Gardens. The
actual presentation of the Vox Populi Award will take place later in the day in
a Winner’s Circle ceremony between races.

California Chrome joins previous Vox Populi winners Mucho Macho Man (2013),
Paynter (2012), Rapid Redux (2011) and Zenyatta, who was the inaugural winner in
2010.