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The Ontario Damsel Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first week of July at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto , Ontario .. Woodbine Racetrack. Woodbine Racetrack. Toronto. Toronto. Ontario. Ontario. Thoroughbred. Thoroughbred. Thoroughbred horse race. Thoroughbred horse race. Restricted to three-year-old fillies who were foaled in the Province of Ontario , it is contested on Turf over a distance of one mile -LRB- 8 furlongs -RRB- .. Ontario. Ontario. fillies. Filly. Province of Ontario. Ontario. Turf. Grass. Since inception it has been contested at  :. 6.5 furlongs  : 1979 -- 1993 , 1995 -- 2009. 7 furlongs  : 1994 -LRB- at Fort Erie Racetrack -RRB-. Fort Erie Racetrack. Fort Erie Racetrack. 8 furlongs  : beginning in 2010