Wilkes-Barre, PA – Trainers of some quality 3-year-old colt trotters will have an idea about the future plans of their charges after they contest three $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono Saturday evening (July 6).

In the third race first division, the Muscle Hill gelding Goes Down Smooth has been established as the early favorite from post two for trainer Ron Burke and driver Matt Kakaley. The winner of the Walner series final at The Meadowlands and a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at The Meadows, Goes Down Smooth qualified for the Beal Trot Championship here last Saturday (June 30), but was far behind early and then suffered interference; he and his connections will be hoping for better racing luck here in the field of six.

The Ake Svanstedt stable, which masterminded the upset of the heralded Greenshoe in the Beal Championship with Marseille, will send out Night Hall as the second choice from post four, with Eric Carlson guiding the Muscle Hill colt who shows a second and a third in Pennsylvania stakes competition.

In the fifth race second division, the Explosive Matter gelding Explosivebreakaway starts from the rail in a group of six for trainer Fred Grant and driver Tom Jackson. The lightly-raced colt, locally-based, has six wins in 10 lifetime starts, including a Pennsylvania Sire Stake win over the track and a solid victory in an overnight race here last week.

The Cantab Hall colt Lindy’s Crazy Hall has two wins in three starts in 2019, including a Stallion Series victory, and he may be coming on strongly now as he starts from post three for trainer Domenico Cecere and driver Drew Monti.

In the third division 10th race, the Muscle Hill gelding Final Claim looks to rebound from the rail for the Burke/Kakaley team. Final Claim was undefeated in three seasonal starts prior to the Walner final, where he made a break, and following a layoff after that race, he finished fourth after a hard trip in his comeback attempt.

Rock My Muscles and Chiplosive both have Stallion Series victories to their credit, but in this division they have the misfortune of drawing the outside posts six and seven, respectively.