Chuck C. Lopez

{{Short description|American jockey}}

{{Infobox horseracing personality

|name = Chuck Lopez

|image = Chuck Lopez.jpg

|caption = Lopez in 2011

|occupation = Jockey

|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|8|4}}

|death_date =

|career wins = 3,500+ (ongoing)

|race = Lamplighter Handicap (1994)
Miss Woodford Stakes (1995)
Jerome Handicap (1996)
Excelsior Handicap (1997, 2003, 2008)
Gallant Fox Handicap (1997, 1998, 2001)
Morven Stakes (1997)
Hollie Hughes Handicap (1998)
Sorority Stakes (1998)
Stymie Handicap (1998)
Bed O' Roses Handicap (2000)
Oceanport Stakes (2001)
Sapling Stakes (2002)
Rumson Stakes (2003)
Jersey Derby (2004)
Molly Pitcher Stakes (2004)
Longfellow Stakes (2007)
Philip H. Iselin Stakes (2007, 2014)
Holy Bull Stakes (2008)
Red Smith Handicap (2008)
General George Handicap (2009)
Jaipur Stakes (2010)
Toboggan Handicap (2014)
Jerome Stakes (2015)
Gotham Stakes (2015)

|awards = Leading rider at Meadowlands Racetrack (1979, 2003)
Leading rider at Monmouth Park (1998)

|honours =

|horses = Gottcha Gold, El Kabeir

}}

Charles C. Lopez (born August 4, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Recorded as "Charles," he is the son of jockey Carlos Lopez, Sr. His own sons, Erick and David Lopez, are also jockeys.

Lopez began his professional riding career at Keystone Racetrack in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, where he got his first win aboard Foolish Tracy on January 15, 1979. He was the leading rider at Meadowlands Racetrack in 1979 and 2003 and at Monmouth Park Racetrack in 1998.