OCEANPORT, N.J. - First Lieutenant, second in the Grade 2 Iselin Handicap last year, is gearing up for another summer at the Shore.

First Lieutenant, a 5-year-old trained by Phil Oliver, has always excelled at Monmouth, with three wins in five starts here. He has been working strongly for his 2002 debut, which Oliver said will come in the Grade 3 Salvator Mile on July 27.

"He's training the best he's ever trained," Oliver said. "The Salvator is a tough spot to come back first time out, but he always runs well fresh. He's won three times off an extended layoff."

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Hoovergetthekeys ($45), who has battled problems with quarter cracks and bleeding, made a strong closing move and held off faster-finishing Takin It Deep by a nose to win the $50,110 Alamedan Handicap at the Alameda County Fair on Sunday.

Hoovergetthekeys, who won the Golden Gate Derby and El Camino Real Derby in 2001, had been winless since an $80,000 optional claimer on the turf last Sept. 10 at Bay Meadows. The victory, his fifth in 20 starts, was worth $27,610 to lift his career earnings to 352,120.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Erasing doubts about her current form, Go Go won the sixth stakes of her career in Sunday's $91,925 Great Lady M. Handicap for fillies and mares at Hollywood Park.

The victory ended a three-race losing streak for Go Go, who has won 9 of 18 starts and $616,565 for owners Paula, Alan and Roger Thomas and trainer Warren Stute.

The 5-year-old Go Go was ridden by Matt Garcia, a replacement for Eddie Delahoussaye who missed his rides on Sunday for the fifth consecutive day due to an infection that caused facial swelling.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Highhopesemilyluck continued her rapid rise to stardom Sunday afternoon, winning the $42,800 Fantasia Stakes by a length over Taylor's Queen. Deal With Her reported home third followed by favored You' llbeinmyheart, who was making her first start since suffering her first defeat in five starts in the Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Downs on Derby Day.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Lone Star Sky surged past heavily favored Posse to post a stakes-record victory in the Bashford Manor Stakes on the closing-day program Sunday at Churchill Downs, marking himself as a 2-year-old to watch while also allowing Tom Amoss to settle for a tie for top training honors at the 52-day spring meet.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - With a light weight assignment and an uncontested lead, Disturbingthepeace pulled an upset in Saturday's $300,000 at Hollywood Park.

Making his stakes debut, Disturbingthepeace beat a strong field in the Grade 2 Triple Bend that included 2002 stakes winners D'Wildcat, Mellow Fellow and Kona Gold, the 2000 champion sprinter who finished sixth as the 126-pound topweight and 4-5 favorite.

None challenged Disturbingthepeace, who was ridden by Victor Espinoza and carried 113 pounds.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Gygistar won Sunday's $150,000 at Belmont Park, but still left questions about his ability to run a distance of ground.

Inheriting the lead when expected pace-setter Yankee Gentleman broke awkwardly, Gygistar found himself alone on the front end through a relatively easy half-mile and held on for a one-half length victory over the hard-charging Nothing Flat. It was five lengths back to American Style. The second and third-place finishers are trained by Nick Zito.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Clearly a Queen was a Grade 3 winner last year, but seeming lost a step before moving to the barn of Terri Pompay at Monmouth this summer. However, Clearly a Queen has thrived at Monmouth and continued her success here Sunday with a powerful victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 Matchmaker Handicap for fillies and mares on the turf.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - First-time starter Appleby Gardens prevailed as the favorite in Sunday's $165,450 Shady Well Stakes, a 5 1/2-furlong dash for Canadian-bred 2-year-old fillies.

Appleby Gardens tracked the early leaders on the outside under Robert Landry, and hit the front early in the stretch. Mountain Dawn rallied along the rail and drew evenly with her in mid-stretch, but Appleby Gardens fought back to win by a head.

ALTOONA, Iowa - Mr. John received a perfect stalking trip under Mark Guidry and rallied for a 2 1/4-length upset win in Saturday's Grade 3 Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap at Prairie Meadows.

Mr. John, who added blinkers for the Cornhusker, broke alertly but settled off of Deferred Comp and Slider who hooked up in a speed duel through a half mile run in 46.61 seconds. Slider put away Deferred Comp and went clear entering the second turn of the 1 1/8-mile event.