Champion of Champions (horse race)

Champion of Champions
Grade 1 race
LocationLos Alamitos Race Course
Cypress, California, USA
Inaugurated1972
Race typeQuarter Horse
Race information
Distance440 Yards (1/4 Mile)
SurfaceDirt
TrackStraight
Qualification3-year-olds and Up
PurseUS$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:

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.[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]

  1. ^ a b "Champion of Champions". www.losalamitos.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Matabari upsets Moonist in Los Alamitos Winter Championship". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 18 November 2016.