Muscles To Spare romps to 1:53.2 win at Pocono in series final

Muscles To Spare romped to a 6 3/4-length win in the final of the Wyoming Valley Trot late closer series at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Friday afternoon, pocketing the winner’s share of the $28,500 purse with a 1:53.2 mile.

Muscles To Spare, a 5-year-old stallion sired by Muscles Yankee, left from the post two in a field of nine as the 6-5 favorite.  He settled in third around the first turn while One Fine Day N set the early pace, reaching the quarter-mile mark in :27.3.  Driver Tim Tetrick sent Muscles To Spare to the outside first-over as they headed around the turn to the back stretch.  One Fine Day N held the lead still at the half in :57.1.

On the back stretch, Muscles To Spare, trained by Chuck Sylvester, began to take the measure of One Fine Day N and made the lead as they passed the three-quarter mark in 1:25.1.  From there, the favorite trotted away from the rest of the field, crossing the line in 1:53.2, just one-fifth of a second off the Pocono track record for his age group.  L D Spur finished best of the rest in second with NF Jazz picking up third.

It was the fourth win in five starts this year for Muscles To Spare, whose only loss this year came after an early break of stride.  Owned by Chuck Sylvester, Neal Goldman, Troy Sylvester, and Amy Stoltzfus of New Jersey, the stallion pushed his career earnings over $69,000 with the win, the fifth of his career. (Pocono Downs)

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