Arravale Wins E.P. Taylor for Canadian Team

(from Woodbine report)Woodbine-based Arravale burst through along the rail to capture her second grade I event of 2006, taking Sunday's $1 million (Canadian) E.P. Taylor Stakes for fillies and mares at Woodbine.

In a stirring stretch drive, Arravale, under Jose Valdivia Jr., found a seam on the inside as the field straightened for home and sprinted away to win the 1 ¼-mile event by one length on Pattison Canadian International day.

The Kentucky-bred daughter of Arch, trained by Mac Benson and owned by Robert Costigan, won the Del Mar Oaks (gr. IT) Aug. 19.

"She was so relaxed, and I had so much horse," Valdivia said. "I know how long the stretch is here. I was never worried. Nine out of 10 times the holeToday in History

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Today in History

Today is Sunday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2019. There are 317 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Feb. 17, 1864, during the Civil War, the Union ship USS Housatonic was rammed and sunk in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, by the Confederate hand-cranked submarine HL Hunley in the first naval attack of its kind; the Hunley also sank.

On this date:

In 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president.

In 1815, the United States and Britain exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.

In 1865, during the Civil War, Columbia, South Carolina, burned as the Confederates evacuated and