OCEANPORT, N.J. – Tune Me In, the longest price in the race, pulled off a 25-1 upset in the Grade 3, $152,500 Oceanport Stakes on the turf Sunday at Monmouth Park.

Trained by Bruce Alexander, Tune Me In got his first stakes victory by taking the race right to Get Serious, a two-time Oceanport winner and the 2-1 second choice.

In his usual fashion, Get Serious went right to the front, only to find the gray Tune Me In his constant companion.

The pace was painfully slow, 25.85 seconds and 50.12 as they raced as a team.

OCEANPORT, N.Y. – Corey Nakatani thought Brushed by a Star might be something special the first time he rode the filly last fall at Churchill Downs.

She has done nothing since to dispel that notion.

Sunday, taking a step up in class after an 11-length romp in the Iowa Distaff last month, Brushed by a Star went to the front under Nakatani and led all the way to take the Grade 2, $200,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths at Monmouth Park.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Awesome Fire rallied from far back under Chantal Sutherland to capture the $250,400 Wonder Where Stakes for her brother, owner Hugh Sutherland, at Woodbine on Sunday.  

Awesome Fire was making her first turf start in the 10-furlong Wonder Where, the final leg of the Canadian triple tiara, a lucrative series for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies. After breaking awkwardly, she trailed on the backstretch and then made her way into contention on the far turn.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Laughing, the 6-5 favorite, beat Shimmering Moment by one length Sunday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Matchmaker for fillies and mares on the turf at Monmouth Park.

Freshened by trainer Alan Goldberg after running third to Zagora in the Grade 3 Gallorette on the Preakness undercard, Laughing was eager for the challenge.

After Silver Screamer grabbed the early lead, Rafael Bejarano guided Laughing to the front midway around the first turn. Silver Screamer kept pace until the top of the lane at which point Laughing sprinted clear.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – A pair of 2-1 shots, Roxy Gap and Atlantic Hurricane, staged an exciting stretch duel in Sunday’s $187,000 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine, with Roxy Gap coming out on top in the Grade 3 turf sprint for fillies and mares.

Roxy Gap made the lead at the head of the stretch in the six-furlong dash and then dug in gamely to prevail by a half-length in 1:09.18. Jenny’s So Great, who won this race last year, finished 2 1/4 lengths behind favored Atlantic Hurricane in third in a field reduced to six with the scratch of Honey Chile.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Oklahoma training track was the focus of attention at Saratoga on Sunday morning, where four prospective starters for next Saturday’s Whitney got in important final preps for the Grade 1 fixture.

While the main track was too wet for any workout activity Sunday, the Oklahoma strip, although perhaps a bit heavier than normal from the moisture, was listed as fast and became a beehive of activity throughout the morning. Among the Whitney hopefuls to breeze were the Bill Mott-trained pair of Ron the Greek and Flat Out, along with Rule and Hymn Book.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Dry Summer won a maiden special weight race over six furlongs Saturday, and in doing so may have earned a spot in the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity on Sept.5.

Ridden confidently by Joe Talamo, Dry Summer closed from last in a field of five to win by a half-length in 1:10.68. By Any Given Saturday, Dry Summer was fourth in his career debut at Betfair Hollywood Park on July 1.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Strait of Dover, who was an impressive winner of the Queen’s Plate and was looming as the horse to beat in next Sunday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes at Woodbine, will not see action again this season.

“He had a little filling in a suspensory after his last work,” said Danny Vella, who trains the British Columbia-bred Strait of Dover for Wally and Terry Leong. “We scanned it, and it looks like he’ll recover, but he’s done for the year.

“He’s one of those horses who’s been perfectly sound, nothing wrong with him. It’s kind of a shock, but it happens.”

OPELOUSAS, La. – Fishin Frank helped control the pace throughout in Saturday night’s $124,600 colt and gelding division of the D.S. "Shine" Young Futurity at Evangeline Downs and emerged the winner by three-quarters of a length.

Go Lil Tiger stalked the early leaders, before rallying down the lane to be getting to the winner in the late going to finish second. Desert Ransom, heavily favored at 1-5, contested the pace outside the winner, but drifted out and weakened late to report home third, followed by Klozer.

Mr. Bandini’s Band and Mr. Politico were scratched.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – In addition to being an astute horseman, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin also is a student of history. So on Sunday morning, he was quick to point out that in 2011 the horse that finished 12th in the Kentucky Derby came back to win the Jim Dandy and Travers Stakes at Saratoga.

That horse, Stay Thirsty, is a son of Bernardini, who in 2006 also won the Jim Dandy and Travers.