STICKNEY, Ill. - Inside speed ruled the six-stakes Illinois Day for statebreds on Saturday at Hawthorne. The favored Home of Stars lacked the speed to make the lead in the Milwaukee Avenue Handicap, but jockey James Graham took care of the inside part, rallying the horse up the rail for a 2 1/4-length victory over 10-year-old Magic Doe in the $92,700 Milwaukee Avenue.

Graham atoned for an earlier disqualification on Jaguar City, who was taken down for interference at the start of an earlier stakes. Frank "Bobby" Springer trains both horses.

Take Achance on Me has gotten over his long case of seconditis.

After winning only 5 of his first 40 starts and finishing second in 14 others, Take Achance on Me showed heart to win a stakes race April 9 at Laurel, and he beat the tough Illinois-bred sprinter Silver Bid by two lengths in the $88,250 Chicagoland Handicap here.

The 64-year-old trainer Paul Darjean has weathered some lean recent years, but now he has come up with a good horse. Top Kick, who won his career debut here only one week ago, led all the way from post 1, beating the much more accomplished, heavily favored Humor at Last by 4 1/4 lengths in the $90,950 Land of Lincoln Stakes. Darjean gallops Top Kick himself. He also bred and co-owns the colt with Dick Millard.

Top Kick ($20.40) made an easy lead and won without being hard-ridden in his maiden race, and Darjean already had nominated him to the Land of Lincoln.

Favored Jaguar City took the lead on the backstretch and finished first in the $91,500 Peach of It Handicap, but she lost the race at the start, when Jaguar City and jockey Graham swerved inward immediately after breaking from the gate. The horse next to her, Arsen Annie, was forced in and clipped heels, sending jockey Jesse Campbell flying. Jaguar City held off Ms. Lydonia in the stretch, but stewards disqualified her to last. Ms. Lydonia was moved up to first, Cashmere Miss to second, and Di's Delight to third.

Janks won her second stakes of the day when Pretty Jenny and Emigh led from start to finish, winning the $94,125 Lady Hallie Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths.

Pretty Jenny ($5.20) had won her only start, taking a maiden race here April 8, but she was favored at 8-5 Saturday, and proved much the best after being hustled to the lead at the start. Lilbito'sunshine finished second, Meadow Bride third.

* Fighting Fever, scoring the biggest win of her career, took the $91,625 Governor's Lady for Emigh, trainer Tom Dorris and owner Jim Edgar, a former Illinois governor.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The talent in allowance races in Kentucky typically runs through Gulfstream or Fair Grounds. But in Tuesday's ninth race at Churchill Downs, a $49,400 entry-level allowance for 3-year-old fillies, it may be a Turfway horse that proves best.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Scrappy T, buried in Bellamy Road's spectacular romp in the Wood Memorial, rebounded smartly to win the Grade 3, $150,000 for 3-year-olds Saturday afternoon at Aqueduct.

Now it's on to the Preakness for the gelding, trained by Robert Bailes.

"He's a nice horse and he's still learning," Bailes said. "He's going to have to learn real quick, because we're on our way to Maryland and the Preakness."

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Finery proved to be the filly for the course Saturday afternoon as she rallied to win the $112,800 for fillies and mares over a good turf course at Aqueduct.

Ridden by Pablo Fragoso, Finery remained unbeaten in both of her grass races at the Big A. She also captured the Grade 3 Athenia Handicap on Oct 31.

"Her last winning race was right here last fall," said Finery's trainer, Billy Turner. Calling the filly "very powerful," Turner said Finery "was slow to mature, but it seems like she's come around now."

Wend kept her perfect turf record intact with an extremely easy 5 1/2-length decision in the $150,000 Hollywood Wildcat Breeders' Cup Handicap, the richest of four stakes on Saturday's 12-race card at Calder Race Course.

Wend, a 4-year-old daughter of Pulpit making her stakes debut, came into the 1 1/16-mile Hollywood Wildcat undefeated in three previous starts on grass.

Hal's Image, who has struggled to win his first-level allowance condition since winning his maiden at Calder last July, and with only that single victory in 15 previous starts, readily overtook the 3-2 favorite, Favre, on the final turn and drew away to a 4 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Unbridled Stakes.

Hal's Image, a half-brother to the 2000 Florida Derby winner, Hal's Hope, covered the 1 1/16 miles over a fast track in 1:48.89 and returned $21.60.