Marseille got a two-ply soft second quarter and took advantage of Greenshoe being out of position and mired in traffic to post the biggest surprise on the Grand Circuit calendar so far in 2019, winning the $500,000 Earl Beal Jr. Memorial final for sophomore trotters on Saturday night at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono in 1:52 3/5 at odds of 57-1. With trainer Ake Svanstedt also in the bike, Marseille left hard from post seven and battled for the early lead with post eight starter Swandre The Giant (David Miller), forcing that one to relent into the pocket at the 26 2/5 opening quarter.  Osterc (Yannick Gingras), Green Manalishi (Tim Tetrick), and Greenshoe (Brian Sears) settled in behind them in third, fourth, and fifth, respectively. When Osterc took his time coming to the outside in the stretch the first time, Svanstedt threw out a parachute on the front-end, stealing an enormously soft second quarter in just 30 3/5 to trip the beam at the half in 57 seconds.  So, when Osterc finally did move up on the rim, as did Green Manalishi from second-over and Greenshoe from third-over, the damage was done. The tempo quickened again big time in the backstretch as Marseille kicked out a 1:24 4/5 three-quarters, with Green Manalishi taking up the chase three-wide at that point and Greenshoe tracking that bid.  Things remained the same around the far turn as well, although one of the horses on the outside dropped out of it as Osterc made a break about midway through the bend. Coming off the turn Marseille was able to get some separation on the field, and although Greenshoe really got into gear at about the midway point of the lane, Marseille has gotten the job done, holding sway to score by a head.  Green Manalishi finished third, Swandre The Giant came in fourth, and Wittyville (Matt Kakaley) went home with a fifth. "My chance to be second in this race was to leave fast and maybe come behind Greenshoe, but he never came, so I took my chance to go in the front," remarked Svanstedt. A Muscle Hill colt, Marseille is owned by Svanstedt, Order By Stable, and Howard Taylor.  Marseille, who just won his first career race in a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes division over the oval on June 2, now has a record of 2-2-2 from eight appearances and has earned $317,758.  He returned $116.00 for the upset. As for trainer Marcus Melander, who expected to be celebrating a win with either Greenshoe or Green Manalishi, he wasn't disappointed in their efforts, but questioned where they were positioned, especially Greenshoe. "He should have been a little bit more aggressive with him from the start.  He got way too far behind," Melander said.  "He raced super, but when Ake came to the lead and went the second quarter that slow, and we were sitting sixth or something like that, he should have been a little more active from the start.  "He had everything to lose.  He was the best horse in the field.  When he got that second quarter breather I knew it was going to be hard to catch him because we were sitting so far behind.  Both my horses did really, really good, but 57 for the half, there was no shot we were going to get him.  Just a couple feet more he would have passed him, but it wasn't enough."