Improbable, a commanding 4 1/2-length winner of Saturday's Awesome Again Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, leaped from fourth to first place in Week #11 of the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings.

The wheel of fortune for older distance turfers in New York will be spun once again Oct. 3, and, as a carnival barker would say, where it stops nobody knows.

New Vocations has officially launched its annual Breeders' Cup Pledge.

Slam Dunk Racing and Medallion Racing's Beau Recall has not, as yet, made a trip to the Breeders' Cup World Championships during the entirety of her four-year racing career. 

Asmussen's entries the Oct. 3 Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland include the only stakes winner in the field and another brilliant first-out winner.

It was a typical Preakness Stakes (G1) week morning at Pimlico Race Course as nine of the 11 3-year-old starters in the $1 million Triple Crown test took to the racetrack Sept. 30 for leisurely moves over a sloppy surface.

After coming up short of earning a second win in the Stoll Keenan Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) the past two years, veteran sprinter Whitmore will give the six furlong test at Keeneland a fourth try Oct. 2 when he faces an expected 11 rivals.

The 4-year-old son of Hat Trick was being aimed for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) but a tendon injury forced his retirement. Stud plans will be announced at a later date.

After winning the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) from the outside post, Authentic's bid for a victory in the final jewel of the Triple Crown will also begin toward the outside.

After winning the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) from the outside post, Authentic's bid for a victory in the final jewel of the Triple Crown will also begin toward the outside.

Gary Barber, Tom Kagele, and Madaket Stables' C Z Rocket fought off Flagstaff to cinch his fifth consecutive victory in the $200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (G2) Sept. 27 at Santa Anita Park.

The four-filly field of the $196,000 Zenyatta Stakes (G2) Sept. 27 at Santa Anita Park made up in talent what it lacked in numbers.

It was business as usual for Bob Baffert Sept. 27 after he savored the previous day's victories at Santa Anita Park by Improbable in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1) and the undefeated juvenile filly Princess Noor in the Chandelier Stakes (G2).

After United notched an eye-opening win in his final prep for a return trip to the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1), trainer Richard Mandella may have raised some eyebrows in commenting on what will happen Nov. 7 at Keeneland.

Trainer Wesley Ward entered this month with a few possible starters for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) Nov. 6 at Keeneland. Now, he has added another, Amanzi Yimpilo, winner of the Speakeasy Stakes Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park.

Swooping past the field with a head-turning second turn rally, Improbable handily defeated Maximum Security and Midcourt in the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (G1) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park.

Now that Firenze Fire has locked up a fourth straight trip to the Breeders' Cup, trainer Kelly Breen and owner Ron Lombardi may be in need of an engineer.

Gary Barber's Get Her Number switched from turf to dirt and pulled off an 8-1 upset in the $301,000 American Pharoah Stakes (G1) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park.

Already considered a leading contender for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), Zedan Racing Stables’ Princess Noor dazzled with an 8 1/4-length romp in the $200,000 Chandelier Stakes (G2) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park.

Marc Chan's New Mandate landed the Sept. 26 Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) for 2-year-olds at Newmarket , securing a guaranteed start in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) at Keeneland.