We’ve all been there before … walking into an unfamiliar setting and not knowing exactly what to say or what others are talking about. It can be flat-out overwhelming.

A day at the racetrack can feel like the first day at a new job with dozens and dozens of horse racing terms and idioms that are almost a separate language, not to mention the program or Daily Racing Form at your fingertips that looks like it was designed by an accounting professor.

As 3-year-olds are running out of chances to race against horses their own age in a graded stakes, the Lexus Raven Run Stakes Oct. 19 will give 10 sophomore filly sprinters the chance to add Grade 2 laurels to their resume.