Desert Encounter ran down favourite Thundering Blue in the closing yards to score in Saturday’s $800,000 Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine.

English Illusion, an Ontario-bred son of English Channel, has a spot in the starting gate for the $800,000 Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine.

Twenty-seven horses have been nominated to the 81st running of the $800,000 Pattison Canadian International on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Woodbine.