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If this seems like a Weekend Wrap of a year ago or so, it should. Sistercharlie, the 2018 Eclipse Award winner as champion older mare, returned to the races after an eight-month layoff and won the $500,000 Diana (G1) for the second year in a row at Saratoga Race Course for trainer Chad Brown, who has won this race four years in a row and five times overall. Elate, in her third race this year after a seven-month break, won the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (G2) for the second year in a row for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. Game

Chad Brown is off and running at Saratoga Race Course – at least his horses are. The three-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer is back at his home track (OK, so it’s about 15 miles from his hometown of Mechanicville, New York) after capturing yet another Belmont spring/summer title with 38 victories – twice as many as runners-up Todd Pletcher and Rudy Rodriguez. A year ago, Brown smashed the record for wins at the Saratoga meet with 46, six more than the previous mark he shared with Pletcher. While he didn’t have a say in Thursday’s opening day stakes – the Quick

Chad Brown is off and running at Saratoga Race Course – at least his horses are. The three-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer is back at his home track (OK, so it’s about 15 miles from his hometown of Mechanicville, New York) after capturing yet another Belmont spring/summer title with 38 victories – twice as many as runners-up Todd Pletcher and Rudy Rodriguez. A year ago, Brown smashed the record for wins at the Saratoga meet with 46, six more than the previous mark he shared with Pletcher. While he didn’t have a say in Thursday’s opening day stakes – the Quick

The $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3) returns to be contested for the sixth time at the northern Orange County racetrack after spending four decades known as the Swaps Stakes at the now defunct Hollywood Park. A lot of stakes simply disappeared when the demolition crews took down Hollywood Park, but of the ones that survived have managed to keep its status as attracting top horses. The previously undefeated Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew suffered his first defeat in the Swaps when he was fourth, beaten 16 lengths, by J. O. Tobin in 1977. Some other big names to have won

Captain Crunch and Bettor’s Wish square off again as we move into the heart of the 3-year-old season in standardbred racing. Their rematch comes Saturday night in the $682,650 Meadowlands Pace. It is the encore to the North America Cup on June 15 where Captain Crunch prevailed by three- quarters of a length in a Canadian record 1:47 2/5 mile. It was a snappy return to form for the Captain after making a break in the eliminations the previous week, barely qualifying for the final. The combination of that miscue, and landing post 8, shook the confidence of the bettors

Thoroughbred racing’s Summer Swing is on: it’s opening day on Thursday at Saratoga Race Course in historic Saratoga Springs, New York, and six days later the gates spring open at Del Mar – the California track where the “Surf meets the Turf.” While the top racehorses in the United States – and beyond – flock to two of the coolest racing venues in the United States, things will be a little different at each. Some good, some not so good. For the first time in years, the Spa will go with two dark days – Monday and Tuesday – following