Trainer Eddie Willis will send out two contenders Unrelentless and Hott Temptation for the Grade 1 Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos.

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By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—DECEMBER 12, 2025—StallioneSearch.com continues its webcast coverage of the 2026 Champion of Champions, set for Saturday at Los Alamitos Race Course.

In this third digital short, the spotlight shifts inside the barn of trainer Eddie Willis, who will saddle two contenders, Unrelentless and Hott Temptation, in the Grade 1 event for owner Reliance Ranches.

Hott Temptation, fresh off a victory over aged mares in the Grade 1 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap, is the only filly entered in the Champion of Champions field. She will be ridden by Justine Klaiber, the lone female jockey in the lineup. The three-year-old will attempt to become the first filly to win the Champion of Champions since Blues Girl Too in 2007.

Hott Temptation made national headlines earlier this year when she captured the Grade 1 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap, becoming only the fifth three-year-old filly in history to win the race. She is a full sister to stakes winner Hotsempting and a half-sister to millionaire champion Hotstepper, reinforcing a pedigree loaded with championship credentials.

Unrelentless, winner of the Los Alamitos Winter Championship, was the first horse to qualify for this year’s Champion of Champions. The four-year-old son of champion Hes Relentless is a multiple stakes winner, who has competed in stakes competition in every out this season from seven starts.

Unrelentless placed third in the Leo Stakes (G1) and was a finalist in the Debbie Schauf Remington Park Invitational Championship Stakes (G1), Go Man Go Handicap (G1), Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship Stakes (G1)

CLICK BELOW to hear trainer Luke Lindsey discuss Stanley Cartel as he prepares for the Grade 1 Champion of Champions.

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Stay tuned for the final webcast on Saturday evening in the upcoming Champion of Champions, sponsored by the following stallions: Aint He Tempting, Apollitical Blood, Dulce Sin Tacha, EOS A Political Win, Jess Good Candy, One Valiant Hero, Tempting Dash, The Fiscal Cliff, and Uncle D. New stallions entering the sire ranks for 2026 and sponsoring the webcast include Cuz Lightyear, Electrifying Cowboy, Kiss My Maruska, Makin An Effort, Stanley Cartel, and Unrelentless.

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