The Champion of Champions is a stakes race annually held at Los Alamitos Race Course

Los Alamitos Race Course

Los Alamitos Race Course is a horse racing track in Cypress, California. The track hosts both thoroughbred and quarter horse racing. The track has the distinction of holding four quarter horse stakes races with purses over $1 million, more than any other track in the United States.-Early...

 in Cypress, California

Cypress, California

Cypress is a suburban city located in the northern region of Orange County within Southern California. Its population was 47,802 at the 2010 census.-History:...

. It is the championship race for Quarter Horses.

The field is determined by the winners of 10 qualifying races held around the United States.http://www.losalamitos.com/laqhr/2008stakesbook.pdf These races are:
Los Alamitos Winter Championship,
Remington Park Championship,
Vessels Maturity,
All American Derby,
Mildred Vessels Memorial,
Refrigerator Handicap,
Los Alamitos Invitational Championship,
Bank of America Challenge Championship,
Los Alamitos Super Derby,
Z Wayne Griffin Trials and the
Go Man Go Stakes winner qualifies as the first alternate.

Records

Speed record:

• :20.94 - Jess You and I (2008)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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• 4 - Jerry Nicodemus (1976, 1977, 1980, 1981)
• 4 - Bruce Pilkenton (1983, 1988, 1983, 1984)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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• 9 - Blane Schvaneveldt (1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)

Most wins by a horse

American Quarter Horse

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• 3 - Refrigerator
  Refrigerator (horse)
  Refrigerator was an Appendix Quarter Horse racehorse who won the Champions of Champions race three times. He was a 1988 bay gelding sired by Rare Jet and out of Native Parr. Rare Jet was a grandson of Easy Jet and also a double descendant of both Depth Charge and Three Bars...
  
   (1992, 1993, 1994)
• 2 - Dash For Cash
  Dash For Cash
  Dash For Cash was an American Quarter Horse racehorse and an influential sire in the Quarter Horse breed.*Lived: 1973-04-17 - 1996-05-20*Sex: stallion*Color: Sorrel*Breed: American Quarter Horse...
  
   (1976, 1977)
• 2 - SLM Big Daddy (1997, 1998)
• 2 - Tailor Fit (1999, 2001)

Winners of the Champion of Champions

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2009	Freaky	Francisco Rubio Francisco Rubio Francisco "Paco" Rubio is a French retired professional football midfielder.-External links:*...	Adan Farias	Armando Aguirre	:21.06
2008	Jess You and I	Alejandro Luna Alejandro Luna José Alejandro Dionisio Luna Ledesma is a Mexican scenic designer and lighting technician.- Biography :Luna was born in Mexico City, where he passed his studies of architecture. He works at theater, opera and for TV and cinema productions...	Jamie Gomez	Double Bar S Ranch	:20.94
2007	Blues Girl Too	Saul Ramirez	Joe Bassett	Lucky Seven Ranch	:21.13
2006	Wave Carver	Ramon Sanchez	Paul Jones	Vaughn Cook, Dan Lucas, Muller Racing and Vessels Stallion Farm	:21.18
2005	Ocean Runaway	Alex Bautista	Denny Ekins	Muller Racing LLC	:21.20
2004	Cash For Kas	G. R. Carter G. R. Carter G. R. Carter, JR is a professional American Quarter Horse jockey. On June 1, 2008, he became the all-time leading money earning jockey in American Quarter Horse racing history surpassing the previous record of $41,405,207 million in mount earnings...	Paul Jones	E.D. Calvert	:21.28
2003	The Down Side	Ramon Sanchez	Paul Jones	Johnny T.L. Jones, R.D. Hubbard and Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...	:21.19
2002	Whosleavingwho	Joe Badilla	Paul Jones	Jim Geiler and Kim Kessinger	:21.27
2001	Tailor Fit	Alvin Brossette	Janet VanBebber	Betty Jane Burlin	:21.47
2000	A Ransom	Carlos Bautista	Connie Hall	John and Kathie Bobenrieth	:21.46
1999	Tailor Fit	Steve Fuller	Steve VanBebber	Betty Jane Burlin	:21.46
1998	SLM Big Daddy	Jacky Martin	Don Mourning	Steve and Lindsey Mitchell	:21.53
1997	SLM Big Daddy	Jacky Martin	Don Mourning	Steve and Lindsey Mitchell	:21.20
1996	Dashing Folly	Tami Purcell	Donna McArthur	Jaramar Ltd.	:21.70
1995	My Debut	Roman Figueroa	Blane Schvaneveldt	C.R. Potts	:21.74
1994	Refrigerator Refrigerator (horse) Refrigerator was an Appendix Quarter Horse racehorse who won the Champions of Champions race three times. He was a 1988 bay gelding sired by Rare Jet and out of Native Parr. Rare Jet was a grandson of Easy Jet and also a double descendant of both Depth Charge and Three Bars...	Bruce Pilkenton	Blane Schvaneveldt	Jim and Marilyn Helzer	:21.67
1993	Refrigerator Refrigerator (horse) Refrigerator was an Appendix Quarter Horse racehorse who won the Champions of Champions race three times. He was a 1988 bay gelding sired by Rare Jet and out of Native Parr. Rare Jet was a grandson of Easy Jet and also a double descendant of both Depth Charge and Three Bars...	Bruce Pilkenton	Blane Schvaneveldt	Jim and Marilyn Helzer	:21.59
1992	Refrigerator Refrigerator (horse) Refrigerator was an Appendix Quarter Horse racehorse who won the Champions of Champions race three times. He was a 1988 bay gelding sired by Rare Jet and out of Native Parr. Rare Jet was a grandson of Easy Jet and also a double descendant of both Depth Charge and Three Bars...	Kip Didericksen	Blane Schvaneveldt	Jim and Marilyn Helzer	:21.37
1991	Special Leader	Kenneth Hart	Mike Robbins	Joe Kirk Fulton	:21.39
1990	Dash for Speed	Kip Didericksen	Blane Schvaneveldt	Bob Blakeman and Tom Bradbury	:21.32
1989	See Me Do It	Larry Layton	Bobby Turner	Jean Dillard	:21.47
1988	Shawnes Favorite	Bruce Pilkenton	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Salinas Ranch	21.63
1987	First Down Dash	James Lackey	Blane Schvaneveldt	Vessels Stallion Farm	:21.41
1986	Gold Coast Express	Danny Cardoza	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Bill and Louella Mitchell	:21.56
1985	Cash Rate	James Lackey	Blane Schvaneveldt	B.F. Phillips Jr. and Minnie Rhea Wood	:21.31
1984	Dashs Dream	Danny Cardoza	Mike Robbins	Joe Kirk Fulton	21.84
1983	Justanold Love	Bruce Pilkenton	Charles Cascio	J.E. Jumonville Jr.	:21.68
1982	Sgt. Pepper Feature	John Creager	Mike Robbins	Tom Neff	:21.59
1981	Denim and Diamonds	Jerry Nicodemus	Don Farris	R.D. Hubbard	:21.74
1980	Lady Juno	Jerry Nicodemus	Blane Schvaneveldt	Ivan Ashment	:21.59
1979	Mr. Doty Bars	Robert Adair	John Cooper	George and Shirley Loeb	:21.78
1978	Miss Thermolark	Kenneth Hart	Blane Schvaneveldt	Ronny Schliep	:21.66
1977	Dash For Cash Dash For Cash Dash For Cash was an American Quarter Horse racehorse and an influential sire in the Quarter Horse breed.*Lived: 1973-04-17 - 1996-05-20*Sex: stallion*Color: Sorrel*Breed: American Quarter Horse...	Jerry Nicodemus	Charles Cascio	B.F. Phillips Jr. and The King Ranch of Texas	:21.63
1976	Dash For Cash Dash For Cash Dash For Cash was an American Quarter Horse racehorse and an influential sire in the Quarter Horse breed.*Lived: 1973-04-17 - 1996-05-20*Sex: stallion*Color: Sorrel*Breed: American Quarter Horse...	Jerry Nicodemus	Charles Cascio	B.F. Phillips Jr. and The King Ranch of Texas	:21.17
1975	Easy Date	Donald Knight	James McArthur	Walter Merrick	:21.71
1974	Don Guerro	Robert Adair	Don Francisco	Robert Mitchum	:21.73
1973	Charger Bar Charger Bar An outstanding Quarter Horse racehorse, Charger Bar was the 1971 World Champion Quarter Running Horse and an American Quarter Horse Association Superior Race Horse.-Life:...	James Dreyer	Wayne Charlton	Ed Allred and Kenneth Wright	:22.15
1972	Mr. Jet Moore	Terry Lipham	Earl Holmes	Bob Moore	:21.86

External links

• List of Champion of Champions winners
• http://www.losalamitos.com/laqhr/cofc2006/history.html