California Breeders' Champion Stakes
California Breeders' Champion Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1935 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. In 2011 it will be in its 72nd running. Run during the last week of December, the seven Furlong race is open to two-year-old horses bred in the State of California. The race currently offers a purse of $125,000. In winning the 2007 edition, Bob Black Jack set a new Santa Anita track record of 1:20.37 for seven furlongs on synthetic dirt. In the 2009 running, the race was set at one and one/sixteenth miles. Winners of the California Breeders' Champion Stakes Earlier winners 1999 – Gibson County 1998 – General Challenge 1997 – Oly Ogy 1996 – In Excessive Bull 1995 – Ready To Order 1995 – Snow Kidd'n 1994 – Individual Style 1993 – El Atroz 1992 – Irish Twist 1991 – Apollo 1990 – Tarascon 1989 – Past Ages 1988 – No Commitment 1987 – Fast Delivery 1986 – Snow Chief 1985 – The Rogers Four 1984 – Fali Time 1983 – Northrexford Drive 1982 – Prince Spellbound 1981 – No race held 1980 – Johnlee n' Harold 1979 – Jaklin Klugman 1978 – Flying Paster