Champion of Champions (horse race)
Grade 1 race | |
Location | Los Alamitos Race Course Cypress, California, USA |
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Inaugurated | 1972 |
Race type | Quarter Horse |
Race information | |
Distance | 440 Yards (1/4 Mile) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | 3-year-olds and Up |
Purse | US$750,000 |
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.[1] The races currently are:
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The two fastest times in the receive the last two berths. The winner of the qualifies as the first alternate if one of the qualifying race winners does not compete.[1]
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.[2]
Records[]
Speed record:
- :20.939 - (2010)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - (1976, 1977, 1980, 1981)
- 4 - (1983, 1988, 1983, 1984)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 9 - (1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Most wins by a horse:
- 3 - Refrigerator (1992, 1993, 1994)
- 2 - Dash For Cash (1976, 1977)
- 2 - (1997, 1998)
- 2 - (1999, 2001)
Winners of the Champion of Champions[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2020 | Apollitical Pence | Raul Valenzuela | John Cooper | Dunn Ranch and Valeriano Racing Stables LLC | 21.442 |
2019 | He Looks Hot | Vinny Bednar | Scott Willoughby | Ed Allred | 21.38 |
2018 | Bodacious Eagle | Cody Jensen | Justin Joiner | Johnny Trotter | 21.472 |
2017 | My Pyc To You | Carlos M. Huerta | Jose Antonio Flores | Flores, Jose Antonio, Van Amburgh, Denise and Van Amburgh, Ronald | 21.61 |
2016 | Zoomin For Spuds | Jesus Aylala | Monty Arrossa | Jim Walker | 21.30 |
2015 | Jose Antonio Flores | ||||
2014 | not run | ||||
2013 | |||||
2012 | |||||
2011 | |||||
2010 | |||||
2009 | |||||
2008 | :20.94 | ||||
2007 | :21.13 | ||||
2006 | Vaughn Cook, Dan Lucas, Muller Racing and Vessels Stallion Farm | :21.18 | |||
2005 | :21.20 | ||||
2004 | G. R. Carter | :21.28 | |||
2003 | , and Toby Keith | :21.19 | |||
2002 | and | :21.27 | |||
2001 | :21.47 | ||||
2000 | Carlos Bautista | Connie Hall | :21.46 | ||
1999 | Steve Fuller | Steve VanBebber | :21.46 | ||
1998 | Jacky Martin | Don Mourning | :21.53 | ||
1997 | Jacky Martin | Don Mourning | :21.20 | ||
1996 | :21.70 | ||||
1995 | Roman Figueroa | C.R. Potts | :21.74 | ||
1994 | Refrigerator | Blane Schvaneveldt | :21.67 | ||
1993 | Refrigerator | Bruce Pilkenton | Blane Schvaneveldt | :21.59 | |
1992 | Refrigerator | Blane Schvaneveldt | :21.37 | ||
1991 | Mike Robbins | Joe Kirk Fulton | :21.39 | ||
1990 | Blane Schvaneveldt | and | :21.32 | ||
1989 | Larry Layton | Bobby Turner | :21.47 | ||
1988 | Shawnes Favorite | Bruce Pilkenton | Bob Baffert | Salinas Ranch | 21.63 |
1987 | James Lackey | Blane Schvaneveldt | :21.41 | ||
1986 | Bob Baffert | :21.56 | |||
1985 | James Lackey | Blane Schvaneveldt | and | :21.31 | |
1984 | Danny Cardoza | Mike Robbins | Joe Kirk Fulton | 21.84 | |
1983 | Bruce Pilkenton | Charles Cascio | :21.68 | ||
1982 | John Creager | Mike Robbins | Tom Neff | :21.59 | |
1981 | Jerry Nicodemus | Don Farris | :21.74 | ||
1980 | Jerry Nicodemus | Blane Schvaneveldt | :21.59 | ||
1979 | Robert Adair | John Cooper | :21.78 | ||
1978 | Kenneth Hart | Blane Schvaneveldt | :21.66 | ||
1977 | Dash For Cash | and | :21.63 | ||
1976 | Dash For Cash | and | :21.17 | ||
1975 | Easy Date | Donald Knight | James McArthur | :21.71 | |
1974 | Robert Adair | Don Francisco | Robert Mitchum | :21.73 | |
1973 | Charger Bar | James Dreyer | Wayne Charlton | and Kenneth Wright | :22.15 |
1972 | Terry Lipham | Earl Holmes | Bob Moore | :21.86 |
Notes[]
In 2010, Apollitical Jess set a new track record with a time of :20.939. Prior in 2008, Jess You and I set a new track record, becoming the first to break the 21 second barrier in the race when he recorded a time of :20.94. The second-place finisher, , also eclipsed the old world record turning in a time of :20.97. In 2009, Freaky ran in 21.06 and in 2013 Last to Fire's time was :21.09. The previous record of :21.13 had been established in the 2007 running won by World Champion Blues Girl Too, which broke Dash For Cash's 1976 track record of :21.17.
2007's victory by Blues Girl Too made her the sport's all-time leading female earner.[3]
2005's renewal saw the first time the first four finishers of the Champion of Champions were three-year-olds.
1993 saw Refrigerator become the sport's all-time leading money earner with his victory.
During the summer of 1986, eight-year-old Sgt Pepper Feature was claimed for $12,500 and immediately retired. The superstar gelding ran fifth in his 62nd race, retiring with just over $900,000 in career earnings. The group who claimed him includes Bob Baffert and Mike Pegram.
1983's running was the first running to feature Grade I status.
1979 saw Mr Doty Bars win at 22-1.
2017 saw Mr PYC To You win at 60-1.
References[]
- ^ a b "Champion of Champions". www.losalamitos.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "Matabari upsets Moonist in Los Alamitos Winter Championship". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ http://www.losalamitos.com/laqhr/stakes/results.cfm?id=662[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Horse races in California