January 25, 2012 - Blind Luck to Bernardini

Champion Blind Luck (Pollard's Vision--Lucky One, by Best Of Luck), heroine of the 2010 GI Kentucky Oaks, will be bred to Darley's Bernardini, owner Dr. Mark Dedomenico told TDN.

"It was the best cross that we could find," Dedomenico said of the leading young sire, who is already responsible for a quartet of Grade/Group 1 winners, including Stay Thirsty and To Honor and Serve.

Dedomenico bought out partners John Carver, Peter Abruzzo, and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer when the chestnut brought $2.5 million at last year=s Keeneland November sale.

"She brought a lot of joy to my life," he said of the six-time Grade I winner. "I just thought, 'I'm going to take care of what was good to me.' And she sure was good to me."

Blind Luck registered wins at the highest level at two, three and four, including the GI Alabama S. over Havre de Grace (Saint Liam) at Saratoga. She also defeated the recently crowned Horse of the Year in heartstopping fashion in last year's GII Delaware H. In addition to her 10 graded stakes trophies, Blind Luck also finished a troubled third in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita and was runner-up in the 2010 GI Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Churchill Downs.

"It's absolutely unbelievable if you think about what she accomplished," Dedomenico reflected. "Every race she gave it everything she had. You're not going to find a horse like that very often."

Blind Luck heads to the breeding shed with a record of 22-12-7-2 and earnings of $3,279,520.

-Thoroughbred Daily News

November 7, 2011 - Dedomenico Buys Blind Luck for $2.5 Million

Champion Blind Luck brought $2.5 million at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. The multiple grade I-winning daughter of Pollard's Vision was consigned as Hip No. 210A by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Mike Puhich, trainer and director of operations of Mark Dedomenico’s Pegasus Training Center, signed the ticket for Blind Luck on Dedomenico's behalf. Dedomenico owned 50% of the filly during her race career and campaigned her in partnership with trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, John Carver, and Peter Abruzzo. Dedomenico will now keep Blind Luck at his Redmond, Wash-based training facility.

“She had a rough campaign and ran her heart out and we just want to let her be a horse for a little bit, let the smoke clear and then decide who to breed her to,” said Puhich of Blind Luck, who retires from racing with 12 lifetime wins, 10 of which came in graded stakes, and earnings of $3,279,520.

“Right now we’re going to let everything settle…we don’t know quite yet (who we’re going to breed her to),” said Puhich. “We’re going to talk about all that. Quite frankly, we didn’t know what she was going to sell for. So it’s a good deal for the partners, and it’s a good deal for Mark. He loves the horse and it was a good business decision for everybody. He wanted to keep her where we could control her destiny.”

During her sophomore season Blind Luck captured the Las Virgenes, Kentucky Oaks, and Betfair TVG Alabama (all gr. I) en route to earning an Eclipse Award as the 2010 champion 3-year-old female. She also ran second in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I).

In six starts this year, Blind Luck has wins in the Vanity Handicap (gr. I), La Troienne Stakes (gr. II), and Delaware Handicap (gr. II). In the 10-furlong Del’ Cap, she defeated Horse of the Year candidate Havre de Grace by a nose.

Blind Luck was not aimed at this year's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic after an unplaced finish in the Lady's Secret Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 1 at Santa Anita.

“We just wanted to make sure she was going to have a good home and to do the right thing by her,” Puhich said. “We’re not actually in the breeding business, but it was a decision where Mark thought, if she goes for the right money and we can let her enjoy herself for what she’s done, let’s do that and then make some decisions later on.

“It was a great roll and we had a great time with (Blind Luck’s career), but mainly what we wanted to do is if she could be bought right and the partners were happy with the price she brought, great. It worked out for everybody.”

Bred in Kentucky by Dr. William A. Baker's Fairlawn Farm, Blind Luck was acquired by Hollendorfer in a private transaction following a 13 1/4-length triumph in her career debut at Calder Race Course.

Blind Luck is out of the Best of Luck mare Lucky One, who is a half sister to grade III victor Ethan Man (by Glitterman). Lucky One is also a half sister to Twilight Uproar (by Roar), who produced grade III victor Sweet Roar (by Durban Thunder).

Lucky One fetched $1.85 million at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale while carrying a full sibling to Blind Luck. Consigned by Fairlawn Farm, agent, she was bought by Shadai Farm.

Blind Luck is the first winner produced by Lucky One, whose most recent foal is a yearling Successful Appeal filly named Successful Luck.

-Esther Marr, BloodHorse.com

September 5, 2011 - Del Mar: City to City's Palomar Score Caps Big Day for Hollendorfer

DEL MAR, Calif. - It seemed to take forever for Jerry Hollendorfer to get that elusive 6,000th win, but he's making up for lost time in his quest for 7,000.

Hollendorfer won five races on Monday, four at Golden Gate Fields, and then a fifth at Del Mar when City to City captured the Grade 2, $150,000 Palomar Handicap for female turf horses.

City to City ($13.60), under jockey Garrett Gomez, got a ground-saving trip and caught pacesetting Medaglia d'Amour in the final strides to win by three-quarters of a length. Medaglia d'Amour held second by a neck over Go Forth North, the lukewarm favorite at 4-1, with All Star Heart another nose back in fourth.

City to City, 4, was timed in 1:41.58 for 1 1/16 miles over a turf course that was firm, but had a bit of moisture in it following a shower two hours before first post.

The win for City to City, a filly by City Zip, was her sixth in 19 starts, but her first since April 2010, a losing streak encompassing seven races, including a lengthy layoff from July 2010 to May of this year.

"She had surgery on an ankle," said Hollendorfer, who is also a co-owner of City to City. "We layed her up at Pegasus training center in Redmond, Washington. They did all the rehab, and they did a great job. We just had to take our time, and she's paying us back."

City to City had finished third, beaten a head and a nose, in the Osunitas Handicap on July 23 in her last start.

"She came off a layoff, and ran a couple of good races," Hollendorfer said. "I'm very proud of her. There wasn't much speed in the race, but Garrett judged it accordingly. He got lucky. He got her off the rail. She might have won last time, too, but she didn't have enough time to get out."

-Jay Privman, Daily Racing Form

August 17, 2011 - Blind Luck Likely to Race in Pacific Classic at Del Mar

DEL MAR — Make way for the lady in this year’s Grade I, $1 million TVG Pacific Classic.

And we’re not talking about jockey Chantal Sutherland, who is scheduled to ride Game On Dude for trainer Bob Baffert in the Classic.

It’s looking more and more likely that Eclipse Award-winning Blind Luck is going to race against the boys in the Grade I, $1 million TVG Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 28.

Hollendorfer, fresh off his induction into the Hall of Fame, is not saying it for sure, but the buzz around the trainer’s barn Wednesday was that he is “99 percent sure” Blind Luck will race in the Classic and not ship to Saratoga or Monmouth to race against females.

“It’s looking more and more like a possibility,” said Hollendorfer’s assistant Dan Ward.

Hollendorfer will consult with Blind Luck owners Mark DeDomenico, John Carver and Peter Abruzzo next week and then make the final decision.

Blind Luck worked 6 furlongs in 1:13.40 handily Wednesday on the Polytrack. Hollendorfer termed the workout, done solo with regular exercise rider Marco Ramirez, “nice and steady.”

There are a number of reasons why Hollendorfer likely will keep Blind Luck here to run. She won’t have to get on a plane, for one, and she’ll also get a five-pound allowance against the males in the race.

Plus, what more does he have to prove by running Blind Luck against females she’s already beaten? A win in the Pacific Classic would go a long way to qualifying Blind Luck for Horse of the Year consideration.

She presently is a horse hair behind Tizway in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s poll. Tizway has 181 points. Blind Luck has 180.

If Hollendorfer races Blind Luck in the Pacific Classic, the field would have three of the NTRA Poll’s Top 10 horses in her, sixth-ranked Game On Dude and eighth-ranked Twirling Candy.

Blind Luck beat Havre de Grace by a nose in a thriller in the $765,000 Delaware Handicap in July. The win gave her an automatic bid in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic in November. A win in the TVG Pacific Classic earns her a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic for males.

Blind Luck has 12 wins from 21 starts and has earned $3,279,520. She has never finished worse than third. She has been first or second in 20 starts and was third once.

The Classic field is shaping up as a very good one with a number of very good storylines.

Latest to commit to the Classic are the connections for Don Cavallo, winner of the Dominion Day Stakes on July 1 at Woodbine in Toronto. Don Cavallo is a Kentucky-bred 4-year-old colt and son of Irish sire El Prado, but his trainer is Hall of Famer Roger Attfield, a Canadian, and the owner is Canadian Frank Stronach, who owns Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields.

Attfield said Don Cavallo has developed in the last six months and is in the best form of his running career. He won the Grade III, $200,000 Dominion Day Stakes over 1¼ miles on Woodbine’s Polytrack main course. The Pacific Classic will be at 1¼ miles on the Del Mar Polytrack. Don Cavallo has three wins and a second in four starts on synthetic. His career mark five wins, two seconds and one third from 13 starts.

Attfield said he’s not sure Don Cavallo will handle the Del Mar Polytrack in the same manner he’s run on the Woodbine rug. The plan is to ship Don Cavallo to Del Mar on Aug. 21.

In addition to Don Cavallo, Stately Victor, has shipped in from Churchill Downs and now is in Ron Ellis’ barn on the Del Mar backstretch, according to Ellis.

Stately Victor, the 4-year-old son of Ghostzapper is trained by Mike Maker and owned by Tom and Jack Conway. Stately Victor will be ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who rode Richard’s Kid to victory in the last two Pacific Classics. Stately Victor has a career record of three wins from 19 starts and has earned $677,226. He won most of that ($586,549) as a 3-year-old last year when he won the Blue Grass Stakes, a Kentucky Derby prep run three weeks before the Derby.

Game On Dude recently worked six furlongs in 1:12.80 to get ready for the Classic. He worked with stablemate Spurrier, and trainer Bob Baffert has the option to enter that colt in the Classic.

Other possible candidates include Jeranimo, Achak, Setsuko and Victory Pete.

Setusuko, trained by Richard Mandella, worked in company Wednesday with Taxi Ride. He was timed in 1:14.00 for six furlongs. And Acclamation, who won the Eddie Read Stakes on the turf course on July 23, went 7 furlongs in 1.28.80 with jockey Patrick Valenzuela aboard.

Trainer Don Warren was not ready to commit Acclamation to the Classic. He said he and owner Bud Johnston will nominate Acclamation to the Classic, but work him early in the week of the race and then make a final decision.

-Ed Zieralski, www.signonsandiego.com

July 19, 2011 - Delaware Park: Blind Luck Edges Out Havre de Grace in Delaware Handicap

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

Exactly 371 days after they first met at Delaware Park in the Delaware Oaks, Blind Luck and Havre de Grace, the two best older females in Thoroughbred racing, clashed again Saturday in the Grade 2, $750,000 Delaware Handicap. Just like last summer's Delaware Oaks, Blind Luck prevailed by a nose over her arch-rival Havre de Grace.

The sixth meeting between the Delaware Park-based Havre de Grace and Blind Luck, the queen of Southern California lived up to all the pre-race hype. In a head-to-head stretch battle, Blind Luck ($4.20), ridden by Garrett Gomez, barely reached the wire ahead of 3-5 favorite Havre de Grace.

In addition to the $450,000 winner's share of the purse, the 4-year-old Blind Luck earned a berth in this fall's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic as part of the Win and You're In program. The victory, the 12th in 21 starts for Blind Luck, pushed her career earnings to $3,279,520 and made amends for her 3 1/4-length loss to Havre de Grace when they last met in the Grade 3 Azeri at Oaklawn Park in March. Overall, Blind Luck has now finished in front of Havre de Grace four times.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, who threatened not to bring Blind Luck back to Delaware Park for the Del Cap if his filly didn't receive a break in the weights, downplayed the significance of the two-pound concession he was granted by racing secretary Pat Pope.

"I'd rather have the two pounds than not," said Hollendorfer. "Havre de Grace is the number-one rated filly in the country and we were coming to her home track, so I would expect to get a couple of pounds."

Larry Jones, the trainer of Havre de Grace, had said before the race that the felt the two-pound spread was worth about 1 1/4 lengths going 1 1/4 miles. Afterwards, Jones was clearly upset the weights were not equal.

"Tell me two pounds does not make a difference," Jones said. "She won six Grade 1's versus our one and we are the highweight. That makes a lot of sense. I probably should not have run."

Blind Luck had the disadvantage of trying to close against a modest pace in a small field. Gomez said he wasn't sure she was going to be able to mount a sufficient rally to overtake Havre de Grace, who got first run when pacesetter Life At Ten was overtaken.

"The pace wasn't very quick," Gomez said. "If I was four or five lengths back, I thought I had a chance. But any more than that and we had no chance."

Even when he drew even with Havre de Grace, Gomez said he was unsure Blind Luck was going to get past her.

"We came up to her and she fought back," Gomez said. "I thought I might be in a little trouble."

In fact, Havre de Grace did narrowly regain the lead, but Blind Luck kept the pressure on and displayed her exceptional will to win.

“I like to describe her more like a turf horse,” Gomez said. “She’s not lollygagging around. She’s working a little bit, but she’s not really struggling ... As soon as [she’s told to go], she pins her ears on the back of her head and she says, ‘Where’s the wire?’ She accelerates in two jumps and she’s gone.”

Havre de Grace looked like a winner when she blew past Life At Ten to open up a 1 1/2-length lead after a mile in 1:36.77. Jockey Ramon Dominguez said she put up a courageous fight against Blind Luck.

"My horse dragged me to the front, and turning for home she gave me all she had and really kept on digging," said Dominguez, who was the dominant rider at Delaware Park when he rode there from 2003-2008. "It was just a head bob and the other filly got up just in time."

The final time of 2:01.28 was the fastest running of the Del Cap since Unbridled Belle's 2:01.16 in 2006.

Life At Ten, the defending champion, lost for the fifth straight time, as she remains unable to capture the form that enabled her to win four graded stakes in 2010. She managed to get third, 18 1/2 lengths behind the top pair. Love's Blush edged Thundering Emilia by a neck for fourth in the field of five.

Hollendorfer said a six-week break would be ideal for Blind Luck, and after shipping back to California, she would be pointed to another 1 1/4-mile race, the Personal Ensign at Saratoga. The long-range goal remains the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Churchill Downs, where Blind Luck just might run into Havre de Grace again.

-Joe DeVivo, Daily Racing Form

June 18, 2011 - Hollywood Park: Blind Luck Rallies Wide, Late to Win Vanity Handicap

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Midway through Saturday’s $250,000 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park, jockey Garrett Gomez glanced in front of him to check the margins between his mount, Blind Luck, and Switch, the 3-2 favorite.

With Switch only two lengths in front, a slow pace mattered less to Gomez, who knew Blind Luck would give a response in the stretch.

“I thought I’d still be okay,” he said.

Blind Luck was more than okay. The champion 3-year-old filly of 2010, Blind Luck closed from last in the final furlong to win the Grade 1 Vanity by a half-length over Switch, a performance reminiscent of her five stakes wins last year.

“She loves to run in the lane,” Gomez said.

Miss Match, winner of the Grade 1 Santa Margarita Invitational at Santa Anita in March, finished a neck behind Switch and was followed by St Trinians, She’s Cheeky, and American Story.

The final time for 1 1/8 miles was 1:50.89, the slowest in 60 runnings of the Vanity at the distance, but that was not a major surprise, considering that American Story set a slow pace of 25.52 and 50.24 seconds for the first half-mile.

Blind Luck trailed American Story by five lengths on the backstretch, which caused trainer Jerry Hollendorfer some concern.

“I was a little nervous, but I thought Garrett had her a little closer than he might have normally been,” he said. “I said to him before the race, ‘Try to watch the pace and see what happens.’ She got a great run on them.”

After a wide rally on the turn, Blind Luck was six wide in the stretch and reached the front with about 50 yards to go, denying Switch her first Grade 1 win since the Santa Monica Stakes at Santa Anita in January. Trainer John Sadler wished that jockey Joel Rosario had been closer to the front on Switch and had a larger gap against Blind Luck in the final quarter-mile.

“He might have been a little too far back,” Sadler said of Rosario. “We might have been better off by having a couple of lengths on that horse turning for home, but she ran well.”

Blind Luck won her second consecutive stakes in the Vanity; she won the Grade 2 La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs on May 6. The Vanity was Blind Luck’s first Grade 1 win since the Alabama Stakes at Saratoga last August. She later finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic at Churchill Downs.

Owned by Hollendorfer, Mark DeDomenico, John Carver, and Peter Abruzzo, Blind Luck, a filly by Pollard’s Vision, has won 11 of 20 starts and $2,829,520. Hollendorfer said the $750,000 Delaware Handicap at Delaware Park on July 16 will probably be Blind Luck’s next race.

-Steve Andersen, Daily Racing Form

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May 6, 2011 - La Troienne: Blind Luck rallies to nip Unrivaled Belle

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Last year in the Kentucky Oaks, late-running Blind Luck needed the entire length of the Churchill Downs stretch to win by a nose over Evening Jewel.

In the Grade 2, $333,900 La Troienne Stakes, the first of six stakes on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill, her race was a virtual repeat, only this time she got up perhaps a few strides before the wire, edging defending champion Unrivaled Belle by a half-length.

The finish was a reversal of last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, which Unrivaled Belle won over Blind Luck.

Blind Luck’s chances of beating her rival didn’t look promising at the start, when she stumbled of the gate and found herself in last as longshot Absinthe Minded set modest splits of 24.32 seconds and 48.54 in the 1 1/16-mile race.

But Unrivaled Belle - carrying highweight of 123 pounds, four pounds more than Blind Luck - also had a troubled trip, breaking slowly and racing wide in sixth place early.

In the end, the two fillies showed their class by surging into contention in the stretch, with Blind Luck gradually moving past Unrivaled Belle late under Garrett Gomez.

“Well, that was a little nerve-racking at the beginning,” winning trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said. “But Garrett Gomez is a world-class rider. He saved some ground with her early, moved her a little earlier than usual, and that helped us win the race.”

Blind Luck, a 4-year-old daughter of Pollard’s Vision owned a partnership that includes Hollendorfer, raced 1 1/16 miles on a fast Churchill Downs track in 1:42.93. She paid $4.80.

Three lengths behind Unrivaled Belle, All Due Respect closed from midpack to grab third, outnodding pacesetting Absinthe Minded on the wire.

Hollendorfer said the La Troienne made him proud of his filly after critics had questioned if she had tailed off from her 3-year-old championship form of last year. She had been second as the favorite in all three prior races this year.

“Not I or anyone in our barn lost confidence in her at all,” he said.

-Byron King, Daily Racing Form

March 27, 2011 - Pegasus Offers Horse Syndication for New or Novice Thoroughbred Investors

Join us for a Syndication Discussion on Sunday, March 27, 20011 at Emerald Downs in the 4th floor Club House. Meet Dr. Dedomenico and Mike Puhich, resident trainer and farm manager at Pegasus, to learn more about horse offerings and ownership. Refreshments and light snacks provided. To reserve your space, call Kristen Thielsen at 425-898-1060. Find out more.

February 25, 2011 - First in Flight

The Pegasus Training and Equine Rehabilitation Center packages Dr. Mark Dedomenico's lifelong passion for medical research and horse racing together in a world-class facility. Read more...

-Steve Sherack, Thoroughbred Daily News

February 15, 2011 - Pegasus Sale Deemed Success

More than 300 people were on hand for the first Pegasus Thoroughbreds 2-year-olds in Training Sale February 15. Dr. Mark Dedomenico and Glen Todd partnered to hold the sale at Dedomenico’s Pegasus Thoroughbreds Training and Rehabilitation Center in Redmond.

Of the 19 2-year-olds that went through the sales ring, 17 sold for at total of $633,000, a $37,235 average price and a median of $30,000.

Topping the sale was a colt by English Derby winner North Light, who was purchased by Thoroughbred Al and Sandee Kirkwood for $77,000.

Following closely at the sale-topper’s heels was a colt by Stormy Atlantic who was bought by trainer Jerry Hollendorfer for $75,000. Hollendorfer was the second-leading buyer, after signing for three individuals for a $155,000 total.

The highest priced filly sold was an El Corredor filly who was purchased by Southdown Bloodstock for $50,000. The Sierra Madre, Calif.-based company was the sale’s leading buyer with four purchased totaling $164,000.

“Both myself and Glen Todd want to thank all who participated in making this event so successful,” said Dedomenico. “We are especially grateful to Mike Puhich and his crew for their outstanding job in preparing the horses for the sale.”

When asked if a 2012 sale would be considered, Dedomenico stated, “I am committed to doing anything that will get new people into our business.”

California entities purchased seven of the juveniles, with six going to homes in Canada and four bought by Washingtonians.

For complete sales results please go to pegasushorsesale.com.

-BloodHorse.com

January 22, 2011 - Medical Research Hitches a First-class Ride

It's like a piece of Kentucky, hidden in the hills east of Redmond and overlooking the Snoqualmie Valley. Pegasus Training and Equine Rehabilitation Center, the vision of heart surgeon Dr. Mark Dedomenico, has the lush pastures, immaculate barns and fences that mark the finest horse farms in the Bluegrass State. Read more...

-Scott Hanson, The Seattle Times

2010 Eclipse Awards: Blind Luck

Starting with her first race at 3, Blind Luck showed what a thrilling year it would be. She rallied from last to win the Grade 1 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 13 by a nose, setting the stage for a season full of heart-stopping finishes.

None of the nine races that Blind Luck ran in 2010 for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was more dramatic than the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on April 30 at Churchill Downs. With Rafael Bejarano aboard, the filly circled the field on the far turn after being last of 14 for much of the way, and only in the final jump was she able to nudge past Evening Jewel for the victory.

“Did we get it?” Hollendorfer asked in the frantic moments afterward. After watching the replay a couple of times, he cautiously said, “I think we got it.”

All that Oaks excitement was the year in microcosm for Blind Luck, a filly who was purchased for a mere $11,000 as a yearling. She was in photo finishes in three subsequent races, winning the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks by a nose and capturing the Grade 1 Alabama by a neck before being beaten a neck in the Grade 2 Cotillion.

Hollendorfer, in partnership with Mark Dedomenico, John Carver, and Peter Abruzzo, bought Blind Luck privately after the filly won her career debut in June 2009 at Calder. She soon emerged as one of the top 2-year-olds of her generation, winning the Grade 1 Oak Leaf at Santa Anita before finishing a close third in her season finale, the Grade 1 Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Briefly freshened by Hollendorfer, the filly was the 1-5 favorite for the Las Virgenes when she closed with a flourish to nip Evening Jewel. In her next race, the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks, Blind Luck found quite a bit of traffic trouble and got loose too late, finishing third as the 1-2 favorite. She then won the Grade 2 Fantasy at Oaklawn Park with relative comfort, prevailing by 2 1/2 lengths in a field of four.

Sent away the 13-10 favorite in the 136th Kentucky Oaks, Blind Luck once again had Evening Jewel to pass in the shadow of the wire. Her winning margin was no more than an inch.

“My filly, she always fights,” Bejarano said afterward.

Returned to California shortly after the Oaks, Blind Luck made her return to action five weeks later in the Hollywood Oaks, finishing second to Switch as the 1-2 favorite. She then returned east to take the July 10 Delaware Oaks by a nose over Havre de Grace, rallying from last in a field of seven to prevail as the 1-5 favorite. She narrowly defeated Havre de Grace again in the Aug. 21 Alabama at Saratoga, but then that rival turned the tables in the Oct. 2 Cotillion at Parx Racing in Philadelphia.

Impressed by the class and consistency that Blind Luck had shown throughout the year, Breeders’ Cup fans made her the 3-2 favorite when she faced older fillies and mares for the first time in the Nov. 5 BC Ladies’ Classic at Churchill Downs. Tenth of 11 for much of the way, the filly put in her patented late run in passing them all except for the victorious Unrivaled Belle.

Blind Luck is by Pollard’s Vision out of Lucky One, by Best Luck. She was bred in Kentucky by the Fairlawn Farm of William and Terry Baker. She was ridden by Bejarano in her first five races of 2010 before Joel Rosario became her jockey for her last four starts, ending with the Breeders’ Cup. She earned $1,679,662 on the year.

Blind Luck has remained in training at Hollywood Park.

-Marty McGee, Daily Racing Form