Wilkes-Barre, PA — The top point earners in the eight divisions of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series, a class just below the Sire Stakes program, will be meeting during a Monday (Sept. 9) twilight card at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono to contest $40,000 finals.

Perhaps the most interesting entrant is the 3-year-old Muscle Massive trotting colt Kate’s Massive, who will attempt to become only the third Stallion Series winner at two to repeat at three, behind trotting filly Migisi (2010-11) and pacing colt Nimble And Quick (2015-16). Kate’s Massive made a break in his first StS start of 2018, then won two prelims before taking the final. This year he won all three of the prelims he entered and should be favored from post seven in race nine.

In the companion filly event, race seven, Spring In Paris recorded three wins and a second in the prelims and figures the horse to beat from post four.

Among the sophomore pacers, the race 13 colt event had only two two-time StS prelim winners, Under Paid and Skip To My Lou, and figures to be a wide-open contest.

In contrast, the pacing fillies, gathered in race eight, had five distaffs who posted two Stallion Series winners, including JK Mardi Says, who was victorious the only two times she entered the prelims.

Turning to the 2-year-olds, the one hope that a Stallion Series horse would win in all four preliminaries, the pacing colt Captain Groovy, had that dream brought to a halt last time when he was beaten by a half-length. He still figures as one of the sixth race favorites, along with the streaking Lake Charles, three-for-three in the prelims.

Among that gait’s distaffs, in race four, the two standouts are Aplomp Hanover and Arden Hanover, both of whom won three preliminaries and were beaten by the other in the fourth.

In the freshman trotting races, Town Victor has three Stallion Series victories and is five-of-seven so far in his young career. He is likely to be favored over good youngsters Saxon and Stickler Hanover.

The StS final for 2-year-old trotting fillies is race three, where five misses notched two preliminary wins, including three who won in both their prelim appearances: Heart N Soul Deo, Next Level Stuff, and Caviart Guilia.

The eight Stallion Series races will share the Monday spotlight at Pocono with the three $100,000 Great Northeast Open Series finals for mare pacers, open trotters, and open pacers, in that order, all to be conducted at 1-1/4 miles. Horsemen with entrants are reminded that there is a six-hour detention situation from scheduled post time, with post time for the first event, the mare pace, listed at 6:42 p.m. Contact the racing office for further information.