ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Little Teddy aims for her third win in a row on the Tapeta in Sunday’s $100,000 Ballade Stakes, a six-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired fillies and mares at Woodbine.

Trained by Santino DiPaola for York Tech Racing Stable, Little Teddy recorded her lone stakes score in the five-furlong Georgian Bay on the inner turf last July, after which she placed in a series of other restricted stakes.

While the late Grade 1 winner Smiling Tiger was best known for his exploits in California, he continues to impact the goings-on at Emerald Downs. As of first post Friday, he had sired more winners (13) during the current meeting than any other stallion.

Sushi Man, who remained unbeaten on turf with his win in the Canterbury Park Derby, has a long-range goal of making the $150,000 Hawthorne Derby, trainer Coty Rosin said Thursday. But before the Oct. 5 turf race, Sushi Man has another stakes opportunity at home at Canterbury. Rosin said Sushi Man is being pointed toward the $75,000 Minnesota Derby on dirt, the richest stakes of the meet along with the Minnesota Oaks.

Quickick has arrived in New York following her victory in last weekend’s Iowa Oaks. She was a dramatic winner of the Prairie Meadows staple, shuttling through the lane to get up by a nose.

“That was a nice, quick kick at the end there,” trainer Tom Amoss said.

It was the first stakes win for Quickick, who races for the Greenwell Thoroughbreds operation of Greg Tramontin. Last year, she ran third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Apprehend is one of Canada’s top older horses, and when he launches his 6-year-old season Saturday night, it will be as the 125-pound highweight in the $75,000 Century Mile Handicap. The race, which is for 3-year-olds and up over one mile and 70 yards, shares a card with the $50,000 R.K. Red Smith Handicap, which drew 11-time stakes winner Big Hug.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Southern California-based trainer Richard Baltas won last month’s Grade 1 Jaipur at Saratoga with Ag Bullet and is back here this weekend with Lady Claypoole in Saturday’s Grade 1 Diana.

Baltas could have two more horses aiming for Grade 1 stakes later at this meet. He mentioned the Grade 1 Ballerina is possible for Sweet Azteca, who upset Kopion in the Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos.

“It’s up to the owner,” Baltas said.