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