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The winner of the $600,000 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga Race Course has gone on to be named champion 3-year-old filly in three of the past four years -- Proud Spell in 2008, Blind Luck in 2010, and Royal Delta in 2011.

Blind Luck, the reigning champion 3-year-old filly, will be among eight Grade 1-winning fillies on offer at Keeneland's November mixed sale, which starts Nov. 7.

In the aftermath of her shockingly dull effort in the Lady's Secret Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, Blind Luck will be given a rest and will not compete in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.

Zazu Peaks in Lady's Secret; Blind Luck Last Zazu, coming from far out of it, charged down the center of the course to defeat Ultra Blend in the Grade 1, $250,000 Lady's Secret Stakes as 13-10 choice Blind Luck failed to fire at Santa Anita Oct. 1.

Champion Blind Luck will take the next step on her journey to the Breeders' Cup when facing six rivals in Saturday's Grade 1 Lady's Secret Stakes on Santa Anita's opening weekend.

After getting most of the summer off, late-running sensation Blind Luck will return to action in the Grade 1, $250,0000 Lady's Secret Stakes Oct. 1 at Santa Anita.

Blind Luck, in her final prep for the Grade 1 Lady's Secret Stakes on Saturday, worked a sharp half-mile in 47.60 seconds on Tuesday morning at Hollywood Park under her regular exercise rider, Marco Ramirez.

The past two years, the Horse of the Year race has been a bit of an anomaly.

The $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Sunday will be a day out for the boys.

Another showdown between Blind Luck and Havre de Grace will likely have to wait for another day, as Rick Porter said Aug. 19 that Havre de Grace is headed to face males in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 3 at Saratoga.

Blind Luck will not be sent to New York or New Jersey for a major stakes next weekend, and her participation in the $1 million Pacific Classic next Sunday is not a certainty, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said on Saturday.

On opposite sides of the nation Wednesday, Blind Luck and Havre de Grace had workouts as their owners and trainers contemplate options.

Blind Luck worked six furlongs in 1:13.40 at Del Mar on Wednesday, but trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said he has to finalize plans about where the champion 3-year-old filly will start on Aug. 28.

The greatest horse race run this year was, easily, the Delaware Handicap.

Summer reruns can be boring. Not when they involve the star fillies Blind Luck and Havre de Grace.

Blind Luck and Havre de Grace put on the show racing fans hoped for, with Blind Luck edging her arch-rival by a nose in the Grade 2, $750,000 Delaware Handicap.