E. P. Taylor Stakes
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The E. P. Taylor Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares held annually since 1956 in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada run on grass at a distance of 1 ¼ miles.
Distances:
- 1956-1961 - 1 1/16 miles; Greenwood; main track
- 1962-1963 - 1 1/16 miles; Woodbine; main track
- 1964-1967 - 1 1/8 miles; Woodbine; main track
- 1968 to date - 1 1/4 miles; Woodbine; turf
The race, and the turf course it is run on, is named for the late Edward Plunket Taylor, President of the Ontario Jockey Club from 1953 to 1973 and a founder of the Jockey Club of Canada. An inductee of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, E. P. Taylor owned Windfields Farm, Canada's most successful horse breeding operation.
The $1 million Grade I E. P. Taylor Stakes is raced as a companion event to the Canadian International Stakes and is a final stepping stone for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and draws horses from North America and Europe. Recent winners and their jockeys are:
[edit] Winners of the E. P. Taylor Stakes
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2006 | Arravale | Jose Valdivia, Jr. | Mac Benson | Robert J. Costigan | 2:10.34 |
| 2005 | Honey Rider | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Glencrest Farm LLC | 2:06.70 |
| 2004 | Commercante | John Velazquez | Robert J. Frankel | A. Falourd/H. Guy/R. Trussell | 2:04.02 |
| 2003 | Volga | Richard Migliore | Kiaran McLaughlin | H. Joseph Allen | 2:05.68 |
| 2002 | Fraulein | Kevin Darley | Edward Dunlop | Philip Freedman | 2:10.03 |
| 2001 | Choc Ice | John Murtagh | Robert Collet | Micheline Vidal | 2:03.01 |
| 2000 | Fly For Avie | Todd Kabel | David Bell | Ivan Dalos | 2:03.78 |
| 1999 | Insight | Mike E. Smith | John E. Hammond | Flaxman Holdings | 2:05.34 |
| 1998 | Zomaradah | Gary Stevens | Luca Cumani | Darley Racing | 2:02.20 |
[edit] Earlier winners
- 1997 : Kool Kat Katie
- 1996 : Wandering Star
- 1995 : Timarida
- 1994 : Truly A Dream
- 1993 : Hero's Love
- 1992 : Hatoof
- 1991 : Lady Shirl
- 1990 : Ruby Tiger
- 1989 : Braiswick
- 1988 : Sudden Love
- 1987 : Khariyda
- 1986 : Ivor's Image
- 1985 : Devalois
- 1984 : Reine Mathilde
- 1983 : L'Attrayante
- 1982 : Vidor
- 1981 : De la Rose
- 1980 : Liveinthesunshine
- 1979 : Senorita Poquito
- 1978 : Neatrice
- 1977 : Majestic Kahala
- 1976 : Momigi
- 1975 : Adieu
- 1974 : Protectora
- 1973 : Square Angel
- 1972 : Belle Geste
- 1971 : Tudor Queen
- 1970 : Mary of Scotland
- 1969 : Plegada
- 1968 : Ice Water
- 1967 : Hinemoa
- 1966 : Speedy Lament
- 1965 : Northern Queen
- 1964 : Etimota
- 1963 : Court Royal
- 1962 : Royal Spirit
- 1961 : Victoria Regina
- 1960 : Chic Miss
- 1959 : Sword Woman
- 1958 : Kitty Girl
- 1957 : Kitty Girl
- 1956 : Flying Trapeze
