ARCADIA, Calif. - They were stumblin' and then rumblin' on Saturday at the , in which Sidney's Candy overcame a stumble at the start to lead from virtually start to finish, and a bumping incident on the far turn severely impacted favored Lookin At Lucky.

The bumping led to a brouhaha between Lookin At Lucky's rider, Garrett Gomez, and Victor Espinoza, who rode Who's Up, after the pair dismounted following the race and then again later in the jockeys' room.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - As much as jockey John Velazquez was looking behind him aboard Eskendereya in the stretch of Saturday's at Aqueduct, no one could fault him if he spent part of the final furlong looking ahead to the first Saturday in May.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Duke of Mischief, who was a stakes winner last year at 3, looks he might be even better as an older horse. He won his second stakes in three starts this year on Saturday, when he cruised to a 2 1/2-length win over favorite and highweight Win Willy in the

The 1 1/8-mile feature continued the Racing Festival of the South, when at least one stakes a day is run over the final six cards of the meet. The series concludes with next Saturday's running of the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby.

STICKNEY, Ill. - The Lion finally roared.

American Lion was widely considered one of the most promising 3-year-olds as the calendar flipped to 2010, but lost luster when he finished third and fourth in his first two starts this year.

Third time was a charm.

Leading all the way under new pilot David Flores, American Lion shrugged off a serious stretch challenge from 6-5 favorite Yawanna Twist, and was drawing away as he posted a 2 3/4-length win in the on Saturday at Hawthorne Race Course.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Arson Squad, a leading member of the national handicap division when he arrived in south Florida a year ago, finally got his first victory since then when he rallied to an easy 3 3/4-length decision over longshot Wingedlie in Saturday's Grade 3, $125,000 at Gulfstream Park.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The wire arrived just in time Saturday for Evening Jewel when the front-running California filly held on to beat longshot It's Tea Time by a neck in the 73rd running of the at Keeneland.

With Kent Desormeaux riding for trainer Jim Cassidy, Evening Jewel took control of the 1 1/16-mile Ashland after breaking from the outside post in a field of eight 3-year-old fillies, then suddenly spurted away from her closest pursuer, Protesting, to open a big lead that proved insurmountable.

OLDSMAR, Fla. - Thank U Philippe closed fast outside to get up in the final strides and win the Sophomore Sprint at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. The race was one of six $85,000 stakes for Florida-breds on Florida Cup Day.

Thank U Philippe defeated My Charming Clyde by a neck in the seven-furlong race. Good Lord finished another half-length back in thrid Thank U Philippe paid $3.80 and set a stakes record time of 1:22.37.

The stewards conducted an inquiry on the start of the race that involved Thank U Philippe, but made no change in the order of finish.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Compari used his front-running style to win Saturday's $150,000 at Santa Anita.

Leading throughout the Grade 2 race over a mile on turf, Compari won his sixth consecutive race, and first at the graded level, prevailing by a half-length over Fluke. Battle of Hastings finished third in the field of seven, but did not have the best of trips, racing on the rail for the last half-mile and losing by just three-quarters of a length.

The first three finishers were all 2-1, but Compari was a slight favorite.

OZONE PARK, N.Y - Trainer Ian Wilkes's faith in Warrior's Reward proved justified Saturday as the former underachiever became a Grade 1 winner with a stirring nose victory over Musket Man in the $250,000 at Aqueduct. It was 4 1/2 lengths back to Munnings, the 6-5 favorite, in third.

It was the first stakes win of any sort for Warrior's Reward, who had lost his previous six stakes starts, including a fifth-place finish in last year's Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga. That race was run at 1 1/4 miles.

In hindsight, trainer Flint Stites admits he may have asked his female sprinter All Giving to do a little too much in last fall's Maryland Million Distaff Handicap. Although she won that seven-furlong race for her third stakes victory of the season, the effort took its toll, as her form tailed off.

Based on how she performed in Saturday's $70,000 Primonetta Stakes at Laurel Park, All Giving is now as good as ever.