ARCADIA, Calif. - Some horses are worth rearranging a schedule for. Take the California-bred mare Grand Slam Smile, for example. At 2:30 a.m. Eastern on Saturday, jockey William Antongeorgi left his home in Shelbyville, Ky., to drive to Cincinnati for a direct flight to Los Angeles. Midway through Saturday afternoon, in his only mount of the day at Santa Anita, Antongeorgi rode Grand Slam Smile to her 10th stakes win in the $101,000 Fran’s Valentine Stakes for statebred fillies and mares on turf. On Saturday evening, Antongeorgi was booked to take the red-eye back to Cincinnati. He is scheduled to ride the first race at Churchill Downs on Sunday. The Fran’s Valentine Stakes was the third time Antongeorgi has traveled from Kentucky to Santa Anita in recent months to ride Grand Slam Smile, a 5-year-old mare owned by Larry and Marianne Williams and trained by Sean McCarthy. Antongeorgi moved from California to Kentucky in January. With Antongeorgi aboard, Grand Slam Smile won the Irish O’Brien Stakes for statebreds on the hillside turf course on March 21, and was a game third by a length in the Grade 3 Royal Heroine Stakes on April 25. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Antongeorgi gave Grand Slam Smile a confident ride in the Fran’s Valentine. Grand Slam Smile took the lead shortly after the start, and led by a length on the first turn. She extended the lead to 1 1/2 lengths on the backstretch, and held off a late threat from 5-1 Take Another Card to win by a half-length. Grand Slam Smile, who set a slow pace of 24.03 seconds for the opening quarter-mile and 48.25 for a half-mile, ran a mile in 1:35.94. Grand Slam Smile earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 82. “I’m pretty confident that she’ll fight,” Antongeorgi said. “She’ll give you everything, especially in the Cal-bred division.” Grand Slam Smile has won 12 of 21 starts and earned $984,120. Antongeorgi has been aboard Grand Slam Smile nine times, winning six races, all since last summer. Take Another Card, winner of the 2025 California Cup Oaks for 3-year-old statebred fillies, finished a neck in front of 43-1 Quick Kate, who was unsettled in the gate moments before the start. Prancingthruparis finished fourth, followed by Mars Magic, Sunset Graze and Om N Joy, the 7-2 second choice.  O K Rose was scratched earlier on Saturday. Om N Joy, a four-time stakes winner on dirt last year, started on turf for the first time since January 2025 in the Fran’s Valentine. She is winless in five career starts on the surface. On Saturday, Om N Joy was as close as fourth in the first half-mile but was out of contention on the turn. Flyover stretches out in Crystal Water Flyover reverted to his 2025 form with a game victory in Saturday’s $101,000 Crystal Water Stakes for statebred milers on turf. The Crystal Water Stakes was Flyover’s first start around two turns since last July. He has run at distances ranging from five furlongs to about 6 1/2 furlongs on turf in his last seven starts. A 5-year-old, Flyover handled the added distance without difficulty, leading throughout the Crystal Water. Ridden by Antonio Fresu, Flyover ($3) won by a length over 7-2 On the Whim, who closed well through the stretch. Prince Dolce (5-1) finished third. Flyover ran a mile in 1:33.50 and won his second consecutive stakes. Flyover earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 90. He won the Sensational Star Stakes for statebreds at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course by 3 1/4 lengths on March 22. Flyover won an allowance race for statebreds at a mile on turf in May 2025, in his second start. In the Crystal Water, Flyover set a solid pace of 22.74 seconds for the opening quarter-mile and 45.74 for a half-mile. Fresu, who was aboard for the win at a mile in 2025, and the Sensational Star knew he needed to coax Flyover into a patient trip in the first half of the Crystal Water. “He was the speed of the race, by far,” Fresu said. “You need to settle him. “I was able to give him a breather at the three-eighths and I think that was key. He was able to give me a finish. “He was getting tired in the last sixteenth.” Prince Dolce was followed by Santa Barbarian, Call Me Sir, Curlin’s Kaos, and Stamp My Passport. Cali Cat and Canani were withdrawn. Flyover has won 6 of 11 starts and earned $289,138. Trained by John Sadler, Flyover, who is by Om, races for the partnership of Integrity Thoroughbred Racing, the family of the late Bud Johnston, and Ken Tevelde. Big City Lights stays unbeaten in '26 Big City Lights won his sixth stakes in the $100,500 Thor’s Echo Stakes for statebred sprinters on Saturday, maintaining a perfect 2026 record in two starts. Sent off favored, Big City Lights ($3.80) closed from fourth of six to win by 1 1/2 lengths over 9-2 Book Smart. The style of the win was similar to the first start of the year for Big City Lights, a half-length win in an allowance race at seven furlongs on May 2. Jockey Kazushi Kimura was aboard Big City Lights for the allowance race and Thor’s Echo Stakes, and said the 7-year-old horse felt stronger on Saturday. “In the seven-eighths race, he got pressure from the three-eighths and he kept going,” Kimura said. “He was not 100 percent. Today, I felt better about him. Sometimes, the older horses need a race.” Book Smart set the pace in the Thor’s Echo, dueling with Thirsty Rebel through an early pace of 22.54 seconds for the opening quarter-mile and 44.62 for a half-mile. Big City Lights raced on the inside on the backstretch. Kimura moved Big City Lights outside of Book Smart and Thirsty Rebel in early stretch. Big City Lights ran six furlongs in 1:09.32 and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 91. Book Smart finished five lengths clear of 20-1 Thirsty Rebel, who was followed by Drop Um, Uncle Chilly and Lonesome Stew, the 5-2 second choice. Lonesome Stew was well placed turning into the stretch, but faded in the final furlong. Pure Madness was scratched from the Thor’s Echo Stakes in favor of a scheduled start in an allowance race on Monday. Big City Lights races for Bill Peeples and trainer Richard Mandella. By Mr. Big, Big City Lights has won 9 of 17 starts and earned $711,960. Big City Lights has won four stakes for statebreds, and two against open company – the Fasig-Tipton Futurity in his second start in 2021, and the Grade 3 Palos Verdes Stakes in 2024. Last fall, Big City Lights was eighth of 14 in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, his only career appearance in a Grade 1 race. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.