Sistercharlie all set for return in Ballston Spa

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Sistercharlie completed preparations for her highly anticipated return to the races in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Ballston Spa Stakes by working a half-mile in 50.66 seconds Sunday over the turf course at Oklahoma.

Sistercharlie, the female turf champion of 2018, went in company with Eliade, with the pair going their first quarter in 26.48 seconds and galloping out in 1:03.03.

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“We put some lengthier works in her down at Belmont, we just wanted to stretch her legs,” trainer Chad Brown said. “She’s ready to go.”

Sistercharlie, a seven-time Grade 1 stakes winner in the U.S., has not run since finishing third in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita.

As of Monday, the only other confirmed starters for the Ballston Spa, run at 1 1/16 miles on turf, were Call Me Love and Starship Jubilee.