Soupergirl wins Fort Erie stakes for Adamo, Johnson

Soupergirl did not need a runaway margin to make her point at Fort Erie. The 4-year-old filly settled the Longrun Thoroughbred After Care Stakes by 3/4 of a length over Empty Gesture, stopping the clock in 1:04.21 for 5 1/2 furlongs on fast dirt and giving Anthony Adamo and Kirk Johnson a black-type win worth $12,707 from a $21,179 purse.

The finish looked tighter than the margin suggests. Empty Gesture held second and Periwinkle was third, while the rest of the field fell farther back in a race that rewarded position and timing as much as raw speed. The chart listed 11 nominations and a field limit of 12 starters, and under clear skies and 70-degree conditions, the race quickly turned into a test of who could secure a workable trip and sustain it to the wire.

That is where Soupergirl keeps strengthening her case. The Ontario-bred bay filly, foaled April 28, 2022, is by Souper Speedy out of My Pal Ariana, by Aragorn (IRE), and she carried the colors of ICON Racing Stables for Adamo, while being bred by Northern Dawn Stables Inc. Equibase lists her career record at 12 starts, 6 wins, 2 seconds and 1 third, with lifetime earnings of $153,105. Before this Fort Erie score, her 2026 line already showed two wins from two starts and $20,540 in earnings, a profile that now reads less like a hot streak and more like a filly building a durable sprint résumé.

The race also carried a local weight beyond the purse and black-type label. LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society says it has operated since 1999, has placed more than 1,000 Thoroughbreds in adoptive homes and remains Canada’s first industry-funded adoption program. That gave the stakes a broader aftercare message while Soupergirl supplied the headline on the track.

For Adamo and Johnson, it was a tidy, professional score. For Soupergirl, it was the kind of efficient stakes win that can change how she is viewed in the regional sprint landscape, especially after a performance that showed she can handle a fast-track dash at Fort Erie and still finish with authority.