The key to Keeneland: an in-depth guide to this year's Breeders' Cup venue

It will soon be Breeders' Cup time again and it's the turn of Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky to host this year's event.

It's not exactly Southern California, where the biggest certainty of the week at either Del Mar or Santa Anita is fast and firm conditions, and more changeable weather can be expected this time around.

But the Bluegrass State (named for Kentucky bluegrass, which populates many of the pastures), and in particular Lexington, is proper horse country.