Ten fillies and mares, including a pair of starters who have recorded high-profile victories at Woodbine, will contest the Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes (with an increased purse to $600,000), on Pattison Canadian International day, Saturday at Woodbine.

Holy Helena, an eight-time winner from 19 starts, counts the 2017 Queen’s Plate, two editions of Grade 3 The Very One, and the Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay among her stakes triumphs.

A five-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper, the Stronach Stables’ homebred has had her past two engagements at Woodbine. She took the Grade 2 Dance Smartly on June 29, and was fourth in the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes on September 14.

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