Canadian Horse of the Year MOIRA, coming off one of the biggest wins of her career in the Canadian Stakes (G2), will try to end her 2023 Woodbine campaign with an even bigger prize, the Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes on Sunday.

Winner of the Queen’s Plate and Woodbine Oaks in 2022, Moira had a big run in the Taylor last fall when second by a neck but she was disqualified. This year, the popular daughter of Ghostzapper was second in three straight graded stakes races before exploding to a giant win in the 1 1/8 mile Canadian on turf.

Reunited with her 2022 rider, Rafael Hernandez, Moira defeated American invaders Skims and Atomic Blonde that day, and those two are in the Taylor field of ten.

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