One of the reasons why horse racing can be so endearing is because of people like John Grabowski.

Second in her only prior outing, a 1-mile turf event, Domain Expansion crushed her foes by 7 lengths in the Oak Leaf Stakes (G2) Oct. 3 at Santa Anita Park, earning a berth to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).

Closing relentlessly down the stretch, American History catches favorites Coach Pope and Q B Rocket to win the Oct. 3 Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland.

Team Valor's U. S. S. Valor sailed to a dominant 6 1/2-length victory in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) Oct. 3 at Belmont Park, but connections were hesitant to commit to a trip to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1).

Evanescence earns an automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) by rallying to take the Oct. 3 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2) at Keeneland by a neck over Praying.

West Point Thoroughbreds' Counting Stars is already favored to earn the Eclipse Award as outstanding 3-year-old filly, and now she faces older rivals for the first time in the Oct. 4 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.

On Oct. 2, just three weeks after her winning debut at Horseshoe Indianapolis, Serenas Ghost registers a clear victory in the $388,250 Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland.

Seventh of eight sprinters as the field neared the Keeneland stretch in the $368,238 Phoenix Stakes (G2) Oct. 2, Nakatomi passes six horses through the final quarter-mile to score a repeat victory in America's oldest stakes race.

Emphatic was not to be denied in the Alcibiades Stakes (G1) Oct. 2 at Keeneland, as she sprinted early from the rail, held the lead throughout, and inched away from a closing Summer Starlet to remain undefeated in three races.

An evenly matched group of juveniles line up for the Oct. 4 Bourbon Stakes (G2T), which is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).

An evenly matched group of juveniles to line up for the Oct. 4 Bourbon Stakes (G2T), which is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).

The Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (G1) Oct. 4 at Keeneland Race Course has drawn a five-horse field of fillies and mares headlined by leading 3-year-old filly Counting Stars.

The American Pharoah Stakes (G1) Oct. 3 at Santa Anita Park is Southern California's first two-turn dirt stakes race for 2-year-old males aiming to earn a "Win and You're In" berth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1).

The Challenge, presented by Gainesway

Coach Pope, a son of Tapit, won by an easy 12 1/2 lengths last time out at Churchill Downs. He faces four other challengers that won their last starts, two of them by 6 lengths or more.

The 5-year-old daughter of American Pharoah won her third graded stakes this year and earned a place in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T) to be run Oct. 31 at Keeneland.

LRE Racing's T Kraft dug deep in the final furlong to hold off a furious late charge from Crazy Mason to win by a nose in the Vosburgh Stakes (G3) Oct. 1 at Belmont Park.

The Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, now in its 18th year, attracts top horseplayers from across North America and will crown its winner based on the highest accumulated bankroll at the conclusion of the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Averill Racing and Anthony Mattera's R Disaster repeats as a front-running winner in the $242,500 Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2) Oct. 1 at Belmont Park.

Coach Pope, a son of Tapit, last out won by an easy 12 1/2 lengths at Churchill Downs. He faces four other challengers that won their last starts, two of them by 6 lengths or more.