INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Surf Cat's second career victory in the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap at Hollywood Park on Saturday once again reaffirmed the 6-year-old's status in the handicap division.

Ridden by Alex Solis, Surf Cat ($7.20) rallied from fifth to win the Grade 2 Mervyn Leroy by a half-length over pacesetter Desert Code, who set early fractions of 23.42 and 46.01 seconds. Desert Code, who led by a half-length in early stretch, finished a length in front of Global Hunter, an Argentine import making his U.S. debut who appeared to brush the rail on the first turn.

STICKNEY, Ill. - Instill got back to Illinois-bred racing, and got back on a winning track, scoring a 10-1 upset over heavily favored Stonehouse in the Milwaukee Avenue Handicap, one of six statebred-restricted stakes races on Saturday afternoon at Hawthorne Race Course.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The West Point Thoroughbred syndicate tried and failed in the Kentucky Derby two years when Flashy Bull ran 14th, but the colt returned to Churchill Downs a bit more than a year later to win the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap.

There will be no Derby this year for West Point's newest star on the horizon, Macho Again, but the ownership syndicate had another pleasant Chirchill result Saturday when the colt edged clear from favored Kodiak Kowboy to win the 84th running of the Derby Trial, highlight of the opening-day program at Churchill.

With the strong hand he brought to the table, trainer Christophe Clement figured to enjoy a big day in Calder's inaugural Turf Million. And sure enough he did, winning two of the four rich stakes on the card, including the afternoon's main event, the $400,000 Calder Derby, with Sporting Art.

Marble Cliff ($2.80) kept his perfect record intact with an impressive 7 3/4-length victory in the $50,000 H. B. Noonan Stakes at Beulah Park.

Breaking from post 5 in the field of six, jockey Luis Martinez Jr. kept Marble Cliff just to the outside of the pacesetting Key Low. Marble Cliff took over on the turn and widened his margin through the stretch under a hand ride. He completed six furlongs in 1:09.99.

Marble Cliff is now 3 for 3 for trainer Doug Cowans, winning by a combined margin of 26 1/4 lengths.

Legal Move ($7.90) established himself as Woodbine's top sprinter with a convincing score in the $165,300 Jacques Cartier Stakes.

Legal Move rallied wide from mid-pack to take the six-furlong sprint by 1 3/4 lengths over Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk. Sail From Seattle finished another head back in third, and Santana Strings came from last in the eight-horse field to end up fourth. Ballado Dancer set fast, wind-aided fractions before fading to sixth.

Since shipping up from Florida, Legal Move has won both of his starts at the meeting for trainer Mark Casse.

Jockey Ramon Dominguez completed a three-win day by guiding Go Go Shoot ($2.80) to a one-length victory in the $72,750 Francis "Jock" LaBelle Memorial Stakes for 3-year-olds at Delaware Park. Dominguez has won the first two stakes of the meet that began April 19.

After riding the first six races at Delaware Park, where she went winless, Anna Napravnik had to hustle to make it to Pimlico in time for Saturday's $50,000 Henry S. Clark Stakes.

Napravnik also had to hustle to move Stay Close from far back in the pack to barely reach the wire first.

The 6-year-old Stay Close ($5.20) ran down 15-1 longshot Forty Crowns by a neck in deep stretch to win the one-mile Clark for the second straight year.

"I wasn't sure he was going to get there," said trainer Michael Zwiesler, referring to Stay Close's late rally.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Todd Pletcher's recent assault on North America's 3-year-old graded stakes continued Saturday at Aqueduct when Harlem Rocker blew past odds-on favorite J Be K inside the eighth pole to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Withers Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths.

J Be K, who set all the early fractions under Garrett Gomez, finished second by 7 3/4 lengths over Double or Nothing. Face the Cat was last.

STICKNEY, Ill. - Jockeys at Hawthorne succeeded in raising the fee paid to riders for merely participating in a race after intense negotiations here at Hawthorne on Friday, and racing went off without a hitch Saturday after negotiations between jockeys and horsemen caused a two-hour delay in starting Friday's card.