ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Little Teddy appears to be back in peak form for Sunday’s $100,000 Zadracarta Stakes at Woodbine, and the five-furlong inner turf dash for Ontario-breds could set up for her closing kick. Trained by Santino DiPaola, Little Teddy defeated familiar rival Olivia Rose when winning the five-furlong Georgian Bay Stakes on the inner course last summer. She began this season in the spring with back-to-back allowance/optional-claiming scores on the Tapeta before ending up a distant second to Olivia Rose in the Ballade Stakes on July 13. Little Teddy is coming off a flat runner-up finish in the seven-furlong Algoma Stakes for graduates of Canadian yearling sales. “We were dealing with a bunch of problems going into her last race – just stupid little things,” DiPaola recalled. “I was worried about her not giving her 'A' game. It carried on from a little foot problem the race before. Her last two races really weren’t her, but everything has resolved itself and we’re over those problems now.” Jockey Austin Adams has gotten on the daughter of Frac Daddy every day this week and has given the thumbs-up, according to DiPaola. “She’s trained like an absolute bear coming into this one,” DiPaola said. “I’m excited to go back to five-eighths on the inner with her.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Olivia Rose is one of a host of speed horses in the eight-horse field, along with Whiskey N Ice, Cara Cara, Pop Idol, and Thermal. The Mark Casse-trained Olivia Rose rode a live rail in her impressive 7 1/2-length tally two back in the six-furlong Ballade, for which she got a 95 Beyer Speed Figure. She set a fast pace before tiring to trail an eight-horse field most recently in the Grade 3 Seaway against the toughest group she has faced. Casse claimed Whiskey N Ice for $25,000 in June and has since won two Ontario-sired allowances with the daughter of Old Forester. This is her stakes debut. Normally a front-runner, Cara Cara came from off the pace last time out when winning a slowly run conditioned allowance/optional claimer on the Tapeta. “She can rate,” trainer John Mattine said. “It actually worked out well in that last race. She got shuffled back, which may have helped her. She ran a fantastic race, too. She came up the rail, and it was very gutsy. She put her ears back and was determined to go after the front-runner.” Saratoga-based Pop Idol should go favored off her gate-to-wire score in the 5 1/2-furlong Galway Stakes at the Spa, for which she got an 88 Beyer. A 3-year-old trained by George Weaver, Pop Idol was returning from an 8 1/2-month break in the Aug. 7 Galway, a layoff that began after she won the restricted Shady Well Stakes on the Tapeta here in November. Thermal has faded to fourth after vying for the lead in each of her last two outings against first-level allowance company at Santa Anita. Her trainer, John Sadler, is 0 for 5 in Canada, which includes two starters at Woodbine. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.