Apollitical Time 4-Year-Old Filly (Apollo (TB) - Half Time Attraction, by First Down Dash) Qualified by winning the Los Alamitos Invitational Championship Lifetime Record: 25-12-6-3, $769,752 2006 Record: 6-5-1-0, $320,908 Apollitical Time, the reigning champion 3-year-old filly and the third place finisher in last year's Champion of Champions, has improved with age.  Full Story

Be A Bono 5-Year-Old Gelding (Bono Jazz - Be Peacefull by Raise A Secret) Qualified by winning the Vessels Maturity and Go Man Go Handicap Lifetime Record: 20-13-2-1, $1,203,611 2006 Record: 5-3-0-1, $203,611 None of 2004 World Champion Be A Bono's efforts in 2006 could have been possible without the help of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Troy Ford.  Full Story

Blazin Fire 4-Year-Old Mare (This Snow Is Royal - Blazin Sin by Easy Crimson) Qualified by running second in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials Lifetime Record: 22-6-4-6, $145,418 2006 Record: 6-3-2-1, $99,455 Blazin Fire's story begins with her dam, Blazin Sin back in the late 1980s. Blazin Sin was Lisa McMahon's first "good horse"  Full Story

Country Chicks Man 5-Year-Old Horse (Chicks Beduino - Country Zevi by Zevi) Qualified by winning the Refrigerator Handicap Lifetime Record: 29-10-6-3, $410,034 2006 Record: 5-4-1-0, $237,010 What a year it has been for Country Chicks Man, the winner of the Grade 1 Refrigerator Handicap and Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie's Horse of the Meeting and Champion Older Male for the recently concluded 2006 Fall Meeting of Champions for  Full Story

Gold Medal Jess 4-Year-Old Horse (Mr Jess Perry - Gold Medal Dash by First Down Dash) Qualified by winning the Los Alamitos Winter Championship Lifetime Record: 28-8-3-2, $206,390 2006 Record: 9-3-2-0, $135,526 The son of Mr Jess Perry was the first to earn a berth to the Champion of Champions after setting a stakes record when winning the Los Alamitos Winter Championship in February.  Full Story

Gulfstream Five 4-Year-Old Gelding (Fishers Dash - Jetsetting Girl by Master Hand) Qualified by running fifth in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials Lifetime Record: 24-5-4-5, $232,233 2006 Record: 4-0-0-2, $6,406 Gulfstream Five is the richest son out of the outstanding broodmare Jetsetting Girl, who died at the age of 21 four months ago. Gulfstream Five has earned his more than $230,000 thanks to his qualifying efforts in the Los Alamitos Million Futurity  Full Story

Like Frankie And Me 4-Year-Old Gelding (Streakin La Jolla - Terra Cotta Red by Ronas Ryon) Qualified by running sixth in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials Lifetime Record: 21-5-5-4 $413,835 2006 Record: 6-0-1-1, $38,425 Bred by Vinewood Farms, Like Frankie And Me has a good habit of finding a way to make into the biggest races in the sport.  Full Story

Lindas Dasher 4-Year-Old Mare (Chicks Beduino - Million Dollar Dash by First Down Dash) Qualified by running fourth in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials Lifetime Record: 26-5-8-4 $303,189 2006 Record: 6-0-2-1, $36,138 Lindas Dasher will be making her 14th appearance in a stakes race when she enters the gate in the Champion of Champions.  Full Story

Strawkins 3-Year-Old Colt (Hawkinson - Shirleys Strawfly by Strawfly Special) Qualified by running third in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials Lifetime Record: 17-10-2-4 $315,831 2006 Record: 10-5-1-3, $246,496 Strawkins was named the Horse of the Meet at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico after winning the Bayer Legend New Mexico Challenge and the Rainbow Derby while finishing third in the All American Derby.  Full Story

Wave Carver 3-Year-Old Colt (First Down Dash - Runaway Wave by Runaway Winner) Qualified by winning the Los Alamitos Super Derby Lifetime Record: 17-10-5-0 $705,946 2006 Record: 8-6-2-0, $439,036 Wave Carver earned an invitation to the Champion of Champions with a powerful 3/4 length win in the richest race in the nation for 3-year-old Quarter Horses - the Grade 1 $700,000 Full Story