Sinclairity Surprises in Ballade Stakes Upset
Jul 6, 2026 – (Canadian Thoroughbred) The $100,000 Ballade Stakes was tabbed as a walk-in-the-park for LITTLE TEDDY (Frac Daddy), winner of the Sovereign Award for Champion Female Sprinter in 2025. Little Teddy was second in the Ballade last year, but did win two Ontario-sired stakes races.
But a hot pace in the Ballade took its toll on anyone on the lead or chasing the pace and SINCLAIRITY (Souper Speedy) came from far behind with a rally to win at 10-1 for Canuck Racing Club and trainer Kevin Attard.
Ridden by Pietro Moran, Sinclairity dropped well off a hot pace set by Cara Cara and stakes winner Olivia Rose. Little Teddy was in between a group of fillies and mares chasing the duelers. Into the stretch, Little Teddy was sent to the lead, but she ran out of gas while Sinclairity, making her stakes debut, rumbled past with Home for a Rest also rallying.
Sinclairity won by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:10.54.
A $26,000 yearling purchase from the CTHS Ontario sale four years ago, Sinclairity was part of the first small batch of horses raced by the higher-level syndicate called Canuck Racing Club. She won the first three races of her career, with a long layoff between, and had been picking up seconds in optional claiming races since then. She broke through for a win on May 31 and now has five wins, four seconds, and a third in 13 races with more than $258,000 USD in purse earnings. She was bred by Tabitha Lee and is from the mare Heres Mud Inyr Eye by Court Vision.