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Get Serious gets Oceanport repeat

Horse Racing

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Get Serious held off Violon Sacre by a neck in the Grade 3, $200,000 Oceanport Stakes, the top event on the Haskell Day undercard Sunday at Monmouth Park.

It was the third win in four starts at the meet for Get Serious ($4), and one of the gutsiest career efforts for the 6-year-old New York-bred gelding.

It was a second straight Oceanport win for Get Serious following last year's off-the-turf edition and a record fifth Oceanport win for trainer John Forbes.

As usual, Get Serious shot right to front. This time, he had company as Roman Tiger pressed the leader.

The pace was slow, leaving Get Serious something in reserve.

He needed it. Violon Sacre came running late in the lane, forcing Get Serious to dig deep for his 12th career win, improving his Monmouth Park turf record to 9 for 12.

"In the stretch, I was probably as nervous as I've ever been with this horse but he just digs in," Forbes said.

Pablo Fragoso was aboard as Get Serious ran the 1 1/16 miles on the firm course in 1:40.93.

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