Grade I race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Canada |
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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 fillies and mares |
Weight | Scale weight |
Purse | CAN$750,000 |
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. It is run on the E. P. Taylor turf course at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles.
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 E. P. Taylor Stakes is a Grade I event with a purse of CAN$750,000 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 contested 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)
- 3 – John R. Velazquez (2004, 2005, 2011)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 – Lou Cavalaris Jr. (1968, 1969, 1970)
- 3 – Frank H. Merrill Jr. (1960, 1964, 1973)
- 3 – Maurice Zilber (1975, 1978, 1982)
Winners
See also
References
- "2024 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 7)". Equibase. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- "2023 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 7)". Equibase. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- "2022 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9)". Equibase. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- "2021 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- "2020 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 7)". Equibase. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2019 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2018 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 10)". Equibase. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2017 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9)". Equibase. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2016 E. P. Taylor Stakes Presented by HPIBet Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2015 E. P. Taylor Stakes Presented by HPIBet Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2014 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 10)". Equibase. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2013 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2012 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2011 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2010 E. P. Taylor Stakes Presented by Fly Emirates Grade 1 - (race 9)". Equibase. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2009 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9)". Equibase. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2008 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9)". Equibase. 4 October 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2007 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 5)". Equibase. 21 October 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2006 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 5)". Equibase. 22 October 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2005 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 6)". Equibase. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2004 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 6)". Equibase. 24 October 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2003 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 5)". Equibase. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2002 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 4)". Equibase. 29 September 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2001 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 4)". Equibase. 30 September 2001. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "2000 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 5)". Equibase. 15 October 2000. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1999 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 1 - (race 5)". Equibase. 17 October 1999. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1998 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 2 - (race 8)". Equibase. 18 October 1998. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1997 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 2 - (race 4)". Equibase. 19 October 1997. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1996 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 2 - (race 5)". Equibase. 27 October 1996. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1995 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 2 - (race 4)". Equibase. 15 October 1995. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1994 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 2 - (race 4)". Equibase. 16 October 1994. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1993 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 2 - (race 4)". Equibase. 17 October 1993. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1992 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 2 - (race 4)". Equibase. 18 October 1992. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "1991 E. P. Taylor Stakes Grade 2 - (race 4)". Equibase. 20 October 1991. Retrieved 24 August 2021.