LEXINGTON, Ky. – Flash Mash was up in the final jumps Saturday to pull a mild upset at 7-1 in the 16th running of the $100,000 Giant’s Causeway Stakes on the Keeneland turf.

With Brian Hernandez Jr. aboard for trainer Mike Stidham, Flash Mash was notching her first stakes victory in the Giant’s Causeway, a 5 1/2-furlong race that directly preceded the Coolmore Lexington Stakes on a cold and drizzly spring afternoon. The winner nailed Well Deserved in the final strides to prevail by a half-length, returning $17.40 after finishing in 1:03.19 over a course rated firm.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Incredicat stamped himself as a legitimate Queen’s Plate contender Saturday at Woodbine with a front-running score in the $118,200 Wando Stakes.

Incredicat set moderate fractions under Luis Contreras in the 1 1/16-mile route for 3-year-olds, while being pressed by Perfect Tay and Big Creek. After putting those rivals away, he held off a closing Classic Bryce in the stretch to prevail by 1 3/4 lengths in 1:44.08. Big Creek finished another half-length back in third in the five-horse field.

Diavoletto led at every call and disposed of the field of 10 Ohio-bed 3-year-olds in the $50,000 H.B. Noonan at Beulah Park on Saturday afternoon.

Jockey Rafael Hernandez rushed Diavoletto up to duel for the lead after getting pinched back at the start. Diavoletto ($2.60), trained by Mike Rone, set quick fractions while saving ground and dueling with the Ohio 2-year-old champion License to Bling, part of a two-horse Tim Hamm- trained entry. Hernandez asked Diavoletto for his best in upper stretch and he drew clear and was kept to task to win by 2 1/4 lengths.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Steady rain fell throughout training hours in Kentucky on Saturday morning, but all that precipitation was not a problem for horses working over the Polytrack at Keeneland. Included in the group was Kentucky Derby prospect Went the Day Well, whose six-furlong breeze went off as scheduled despite the inclement weather.

Went the Day Well (six furlongs in 1:14.45): With regular rider John Velazquez aboard, Went the Day Well worked in company with stablemate Crimson China, a turf stakes winner who finished fifth in the 2011 Blue Grass.

Although best known as longtime public handicappers in Philadelphia and New York, Craig Donnelly and his father Russ Harris have more recently made names for themselves as the breeders of the filly Ann’s Smart Dancer, a three-time stakes winner in 2011. Their reputation as successful breeders will grow if their filly’s little brother Phil Dancer collects his first stakes victory in Tuesday’s $75,000 Philmont, a seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds at Parx Racing.

Rousing Sermon, who was only named a confirmed starter in the Kentucky Derby on Thursday, worked seven furlongs at Hollywood Park on Saturday in 1:27.20.

Working alone under exercise rider Marco Ramirez, Rousing Sermon galloped out a mile in 1:41, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said. Assistant trainer Dan Ward timed the final quarter-mile of Rousing Sermon’s workout in 23.80 seconds. Hollywood Park clockers timed Rousing Sermon through the first half-mile in 50.80 seconds. For the final three furlongs, he was timed in 36.40 seconds.

During his 30 years as a trainer, Robert Helmetag has experienced more than his share of hard times. During a four-year stretch in the 1980s, for example, Helmetag endured three seasons in which his horses went a collective 9 for 314 (3 percent) and another lean period during the first decade of the 21st century in which his stable had seasons of 3 for 93, 3 for 92, and 1 for 47.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Blingo has made four starts, and both of his victories have come on turf, including his first stakes win in Friday’s $76,500 La Puente Stakes at Santa Anita. But Blingo’s success on turf will not necessarily dictate how trainer John Shirreffs and owners Jerry and Ann Moss plan the colt’s spring and summer campaigns.

“I think we can do whatever comes up,” Shirreffs said.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. - Kent Desormeaux has had two Kentucky Derby rides since he won the race for the third time in 2008 with favored Big Brown, those mounts being Hold Me Back (12th at 12-1 in 2009) and Paddy O’Prado (third at 12-1 in 2010). The 42-year-old Hall of Fame jockey said he strongly believes his mount in the upcoming Derby, Dullahan, is as “live as they come” and that he would be greatly humbled if he were to join revered company by winning a fourth Derby.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The most noteworthy Kentucky Derby news on Saturday came out of the unlikeliest of locations. Down at Calder Race Course in south Florida, the connections of Trinniberg confirmed their intentions to run in the Derby, and potential starter Reveron dropped out of the race due to an injury sustained during a routine morning workout.