Champion of Champions (horse race)


The Champion of Champions is a stakes race annually held at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, California. It is the championship race for Quarter Horses.
The field is determined by the winners of qualifying races held around the United States. The races currently are:
  • Los Alamitos Winter Championship,
  • Remington Park Championship,
  • Vessels Maturity,
  • All American Derby,
  • Mildred Vessels Memorial,
  • Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship,
  • Los Alamitos Super Derby, and the
  • Bank of America Challenge Championship.
The two fastest times in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials receive the last two berths. The winner of the Go Man Go Handicap qualifies as the first alternate if one of the qualifying race winners does not compete.
The Champion of Champion was not held in 2014 due to concerns over the widespread use of clenbuterol, a drug not permitted at Los Alamitos.

Records

Speed record:
  • :20.939 - Apollitical Jess
Most wins by a jockey:
  • 4 - Jerry Nicodemus
  • 4 - Bruce Pilkenton
Most wins by a trainer:
  • 9 - Blane Schvaneveldt
Most wins by a horse: