E. P. Taylor Stakes

E. P. Taylor Stakes

Grade I race
Location	Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated	1956
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Woodbine Racetrack
Race information
Distance	1 ^1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and up
Weight	Scale weight
Purse	$387,150

The E. P. Taylor Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares held annually since 1956 in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario run on the E. P. Taylor turf course at a distance of 1 ¹⁄₄ miles.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 E. P. Taylor Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.^[1]

Originally run as the Nettie Handicap, the race was renamed in 1981 to honor 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 (now reduced to $387,150) E. P. Taylor Stakes is a Grade I event and draws horses from across North America as well as Europe. It is raced as a companion event to the Canadian International Stakes and can be a final stepping stone for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf depending on the time frame between the running of the two races.

Distances

Over the years, the race has been competed at various distances:

• 1956–1961 – 1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles on dirt at Greenwood Raceway
• 1962–1963 – 1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles on dirt at Woodbine Racetrack
• 1964–1967 – 1 ¹⁄₈ miles on dirt at Woodbine Racetrack
• 1968 to date – 1 ¹⁄₄ miles on turf at Woodbine Racetrack

Records

Time record: (at current 1 ¹⁄₄ miles distance on turf)

• 2:00.68 – Mrs. Lindsay (2007)

Most wins:

• 2 – Kitty Girl (1957, 1958)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 – Gardiner Farm (1968, 1969, 1970)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 – Sandy Hawley (1976, 1978, 1982)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 – Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1968, 1969, 1970)

Winners of the E. P. Taylor Stakes

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Curvy	3	Ryan Moore	David Wachman	Magnier / Tabor / Smith	2:02.88
2014	Just The Judge (IRE)	4	Jamie Spencer	Charles Hills	Qatar Racing / Sangster family	2:03.47
2013	Tannery (IRE)	4	Joel Rosario	Alan E. Goldberg	Richard Santulli	2:07.13
2012	Siyouma	4	Gérald Mossé	François Doumen	Robert Jeffcock	2:03.04
2011	Miss Keller	5	John Velazquez	Roger Attfield	Three Chimneys/Lordship Stud/McStay	2:06.98
2010	Reggane	4	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupre	Haras De La Perelle	2:03.88
2009	Lahaleeb	3	William Buick	Mick Channon	M. Al-Qatami / K. Al-Mudhaf	2:02.89
2008	Folk Opera	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	2:03.70
2007	Mrs. Lindsay	3	Johnny Murtagh	Francois Rohaut	Bettina Jenney	2:00.68
2006	Arravale	3	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Macdonald Benson	Robert J. Costigan	2:10.34
2005	Honey Rider	4	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Glencrest Farm LLC	2:06.70
2004	Commercante	4	John Velazquez	Robert J. Frankel	A. Falourd/H. Guy/R. Trussell	2:04.02
2003	Volga	5	Richard Migliore	Kiaran McLaughlin	H. Joseph Allen	2:05.68
2002	Fraulein	3	Kevin Darley	Ed Dunlop	Philip Freedman	2:10.03
2001	Choc Ice	3	Johnny Murtagh	Robert Collet	Micheline Vidal	2:03.01
2000	Fly For Avie	5	Todd Kabel	David R. Bell	Ivan Dalos	2:03.78
1999	Insight	4	Mike E. Smith	John Hammond	Flaxman Holdings	2:05.34
1998	Zomaradah	3	Gary Stevens	Luca Cumani	Darley Racing	2:02.40
1997	Kool Kat Katie	3	Olivier Peslier	David R. Loder	Augustin Stable	2:02.00
1996	Wandering Star	3	Herb McCauley	James Fanshawe	H. Joseph Allen	2:04.60
1995	Timarida	3	Frankie Dettori	John Oxx	H H Aga Khan IV	2:03.60
1994	Truly A Dream	3	Chris McCarron	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss	2:01.60
1993	Hero's Love	5	Earlie Fires	Daniel J. Vella	Frank Stronach	2:14.40
1992	Hatoof	3	Walter Swinburn	Criquette Head	Sheikh Maktoum	2:07.80
1991	Lady Shirl	4	Garrett Gomez	Noel P. Hickey	Irish Acres Farm	2:02.40
1990	Ruby Tiger	3	Richard Quinn	Paul F. I. Cole	Susan Blacker	2:09.60
1989	Braiswick	3	Gary Carter	Geoff Wragg	Sheikh Mohammed	2:08.40
1988	Sudden Love	3	Ray Cochrane	Luca Cumani	Lucy Ruspoli	2:02.80
1987	Khariyda	3	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupre	H H Aga Khan IV	2:05.40
1986	Ivor's Image	3	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	S. Fraser	2:14.40
1985	Devalois	3	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Ghislaine Head	2:05.80
1984	Reine Mathilde	3	Gary W. Moore	Alec Head	Ecurie Aland	2:04.20
1983	L'Attrayante	3	Alain Lequeux	Olivier Douïeb	Allen E. Paulson	2:07.40
1982	Vidor	3	Sandy Hawley	Maurice Zilber	Nelson Bunker Hunt	2:09.80
1981	De La Rose	3	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Henryk de Kwiatkowski	2:05.40
1980	Liveinthesunshine	5	Robin Platts	F. Noel Hickey	Irish Acres Farm	2:08.00
1979	Senorita Poquito	3	Brian Swatuk	Emile Allain	Harlequin Ranches	2:10.20
1978	Neatrice	3	Sandy Hawley	Maurice Zilber	B. K. Y. Stable	2:04.40
1977	Majestic Kahala	3	Gary Stahlbaum	J. Mort Hardy	Windhaven	2:12.80
1976	Momigi	4	Sandy Hawley	John Morahan	Koichiro Hayata	2:10.60
1975	Adieu II	3	Lloyd Duffy	Maurice Zilber	Nelson Bunker Hunt	2:06.40
1974	Protectora	5	Heliodoro Gustines	Warren Pascuma	Seltzer & Fairhurst	2:02.60
1973	Square Angel	3	Avelino Gomez	Frank H. Merrill, Jr.	W. Preston Gilbride	2:02.80
1972	Belle Geste	4	Noel Turcotte	Carl F. Chapman	Beatrice Latimer	2:04.80
1971	Tudor Queen	4	Don Hale	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms	2:02.00
1970	Mary of Scotland	3	Richard Grubb	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	Gardiner Farm	2:07.80
1969	Plegada	5	R. Stewart	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	Gardiner Farm	2:03.60
1968	Ice Water	5	Robin Platts	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	Gardiner Farm	2:04.00
1967	Hinemoa	4	Avelino Gomez	Paul Cooper	Doug Banks	1:50.80
1966	Speedy Lament	5	Frank Barroby	Arthur H. Warner	Armstrong Bros. Stable	1:52.40
1965	Northern Queen	3	Wayne Harris	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	1:49.60
1964	Etimota	4	Paul J. Bailey	Frank H. Merrill, Jr.	Mrs. H. A. Luro	1:50.60
1963	Court Royal	4	Jim Fitzsimmons	N. Julius	J. E. F. Seagram	1:44.00
1962	Royal Spirit	3	Harlon Dalton	John Passero	Stafford Farms	1:43.60
1961	Victoria Regina	3	Jim Fitzsimmons	Gordon J. McCann	Windfields Farm	1:43.40
1960	Chic Miss	3	John R. Adams	Frank H. Merrill, Jr.	Roxie Gian & Tosch	1:46.00
1959	Sword Woman	3	Don Hale	A. H. Routcliffe	Pine Tree Stable	1:47.20
1958	Kitty Girl	4	Roberto Gonzalez	Yonnie Starr	L. Maloney & C. Smythe	1:47.40
1957	Kitty Girl	3	Herb Lindberg	Yonnie Starr	L. Maloney / C. Smythe	1:47.60
1956	Flying Trapeze	3	Vic Bovine	Arthur H. Warner	Lanson Farm	1:45.60

References

1. http://www.breederscup.com/challenge.aspx