Rebel Yeller ($17.60), a sprinter stretching out to a mile and trying turf for the first time, nailed 6-5 favorite Encaustic by a nose in the $80,000 Woodlawn Stakes for 3-year-olds at Pimlico.

Ridden by Erick Rodriguez for trainer Rodney Jenkins, Rebel Yeller was expected to go to the lead in a six-horse field left without much speed following the scratches of Longlegged Beastie and Starvinsky. Instead, Rodriguez was content to sit second with Rebel Yeller behind a modest pace set by Encaustic.

Power by Leigh ($21.80), making his first start in 2 1/2 months, earned the first stakes victory of his career in the $60,000 Lyman Sprint Handicap for Pennsylvania-breds at Philadelphia Park.

Ridden by Jose Flores for trainer Anthony Correnti, Power by Leigh broke sharply from the rail, outdueled 2-1 favorite Songofthesailor, took control in midstretch, and scored by two lengths over Banjopicker. The New York-based Songofthesailor, who had won his previous two starts at Philly Park, held on for third.

Saving ground every step of the way, Therecomesatiger slipped through along the rail on the second turn to gain the lead and went on to a 2 1/2-length victory in the $75,000 Chris Thomas Turf Classic at Tampa Bay Downs.

With Luis Gonzalez taking his second stakes win on the program, Therecomesatiger covered the nine furlongs of the Thomas over a firm course in 1:49.53. The favorite, Revved Up, challenged for the lead on the second turn and then held on to save the place by three-quarters of a length over Puppeteer.

West Coast Flier, the longest shot in a field of five 3-year-olds, withstood a challenge from Cherokee Country in the stretch to upset the $75,000 Francis "Jock" LaBelle Memorial Stakes on Saturday at Delaware Park.

Bill Place, the 2-5 favorite on the basis of his win in the Grade 3 Bay Shore at Aqueduct last month, was 15 lengths off the early pace and had to settle for third, 1 1/2 lengths behind runner-up Cherokee Country.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Molengao won his second Grade 2 stakes of 2007 in Saturday's $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap, a victory that left him on the list of leading contenders for the $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on June 30.

Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Molengao ($4.60) rallied wide on the final turn before pulling away under a hand-ride to win by 4 1/2 lengths, finishing 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.86. The LeRoy was Molengao's first start since a second-place finish in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap. He won the Grade 2 San Antonio Handicap in February.

On a day of improbable results that included a $144,358 pick four, a $76,652 superfecta, and an average win mutuel of $37.40 through the first seven races, Dream Rush restored order with a thoroughly comprehensive victory as a prohibitive favorite in the $206,600 Nassau County Breeders' Cup for 3-year-old fillies.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The owner Avers Wexler won the inaugural Illinois Owners Stakes, a race that in 2006 happened to be named - the Avers Wexler. The winner in 2007 made sense, too. Fort Prado, one of the best Illinois-breds in recent years, won the $100,000 Russell Reineman Illinois Owners Stakes on Saturday at Arlington for a perennial leading Illinois owner-breeder, Team Block.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sky Conqueror, the champion turf male in Canada last year, proved Saturday he also ranks among the best grass horses in the United States, winning the Grade 1, $561,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs.

After stumbling to his knees at the start, Sky Conqueror was given a patient ride from Javier Castellano, who rated him in ninth early, as Shake The Bank surged ahead to a commanding lead with fractions of 47.33 seconds and 1:11.52 in the 1 1/8-mile turf contest.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A return to a conventional dirt surface helped Silverinyourpocket return to her best form as she rallied from far back to take the Grade 3, $182,850 La Troienne Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday's Kentucky Derby undercard at Churchill Downs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - It has become no big deal in recent years for trainers with large stables to have multiple starters in the Kentucky Derby. The names Todd Pletcher, Steve Asmussen, Nick Zito, Bob Baffert, and D. Wayne Lukas all come to mind as trainers who may have more than one chance in any given Derby.