SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Blind Luck fought off Havre de Grace inside the sixteenth pole to win the $500,000 Alabama Stakes for 3-year-old fillies by a neck at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday.

Joel Rosario rode the Jerry Hollendorfer-trained filly to victory in the 1 1/4-mile race, finishing in 2:03.99 to add the Grade 1 Alabama to four stakes victories this year including the Kentucky Oaks.

Also at Saratoga on Saturday, Jockey John Velazquez a five-win day.

After narrowly missing aboard his mount in the first race, Velazquez broke a pair of maidens in races 2 and 3, piloting 2-year-old Curlinello and 3-year-old We Need V L T's to neck victories. In race 4, Velazquez rode favored Callide Valley to a 10 1/4-length allowance victory before completing a sweep of the early Pick 4 aboard Morning Line, who crossed the wire 11 lengths in front. Velazquez picked up a fifth winner in race 9, prevailing by a half-length atop Zapster.

Blind Luck paid $5.60, $3.80 and $3.60. Havre de Grace earned $6 and $5.90, and Acting Happy returned $9 to show in the six-horse field. Heavily favored Devil May Care finished fourth.

``It seems like we have the best 3-year-old filly, right now,'' Hollendorfer said. ``I hate to make those kinds of assessments. We'll see what she can do the rest of the year. She did all the work, and I just get to train her. I give Blind Luck all the credit. We've had a very consistent filly all year long. She's real flexible and got the job done today on a slow pace. I'm very proud of her.''

Rosario said the slow early pace, usually a detriment to a late-running horse, was of no concern.

``I was expecting a pretty slow pace,'' he said, ``but I sat in behind them and watched. I stayed back, and when I got to the quarter pole I was very confident. I knew I'd get there.''

The California-based Blind Luck earned $300,000, pushing her 2010 earnings past $1 million for owners Mark Dedomenico, Mark Carver and Hollendorfer.