The Champion of Champions, the most prestigious race in the nation for older Quarter Horses, will offer a $750,000 purse in 2008. The Champion of Champions remains the nation's richest and most prestigious race for older Quarter Horses and is annually contested at Los Alamitos Race Course. This year's Champion of Champions is scheduled for Saturday, December 13.

The Champion of Champions is part of an impressive lineup of big money Quarter Horse races contested at Los Alamitos each year. In 2009 Los Alamitos will offer the nation's only guaranteed $1 million race for 3-year-olds in country with the running of the Los Alamitos Super Derby, plus the track continues to host three other races worth $1 million or more. The million-dollar races are headed by the $2 million guaranteed Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, the $1 million guaranteed Ed Burke Million Futurity and the $1 million guaranteed Golden State Million Futurity. The Champion of Champions will offer $375,000 to its winner in 2008.

"Los Alamitos has enjoyed incredible growth in the past few years, first with our three $1 million dollar futurities and continuing with the great tradition of the Champion of Champions," Allred said. "For that the TVG Network deserves a great deal of credit. Horsemen from all parts of the country can send a horse to run at Los Alamitos and watch their horse run on television. The exposure and coverage that TVG provides us is simply priceless."

The Grade 1 440-yard Champion of Champions has been an institution at Los Alamitos since World Champion Mr Jet Moore won the inaugural running against the likes of Charger Bar and Kaweah Bar in 1972. Back then, and for its first four runnings, the Champion of Champions offered a $50,000 purse. The purse for the Champion of Champions went up to $75,000 in 1976, just in time for World Champion Dash For Cash's famous 440-yard track record victory of :21.17.

The following year the purse reached $100,000 and once again it was Dash For Cash who came home victorious. Lady Juno won the first $200,000 running of the Champion of Champions in 1980 and it wasn't until 1990 that the purse reached $250,000 - with World Champion Dash For Speed the main beneficiary. World Champion Dashing Folly won the first $300,000 Champion of Champions in 1996. World Champion A Ransom won the only $400,000 running in 2000 before Tailor Fit won the first $500,000 running in 2001. The 2006 edition offered a $600,000 purse and the 2007 running did have a $1 million purse.