Counting Stars Faces Saratoga's History in Alabama

West Point Thoroughbreds' Counting Stars, a 3-year-old filly by Honor A.P., is set to compete in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on August 22, where she is the only stakes winner in a field of six and enters as a 1-2 morning-line favorite. She has been dominant at Saratoga this summer, winning two Grade 1 races including the Coaching Club American Oaks, and has twice defeated Kentucky Oaks winner Always a Runner. However, Saratoga's reputation as the 'Graveyard of Champions' — where legends including Secretariat and American Pharoah have suffered upsets — looms as a significant historical obstacle to her completing the 3-year-old filly sweep.