Big Al M too strong and ‘Double-Digit Dave’ eyes 8,000

CUMBERLAND, ME – Huge Al M rolled to a wire-to-wire harness racing triumph on Saturday (Nov. 15) at Cumberland Raceway, snapping a month-long drought within the featured $5,500 conditioned trot.
Huge Al M and driver Kevin Switzer Jr. (Joe Shaw Picture)
Main reinsman Kevin Switzer Jr. put the 1/9 heavy favourite proper on the engine and led the sector to a :29.2 opening panel, with Brutalizer (4-1) and Andy Harrington sitting in a good pocket.
Because the group hit the half in 1:00.3 the outer circulation started with Steve Wilson tipping Inquiring Thoughts, adopted by Cain MacKenzie and Valyrian Metal who have been gapping their second-over cowl.
With the rivals advancing Switzer Jr. tapped the accelerator down the backstretch and hit the third stanza in 1:29.3, which gave Brutalizer some daylight and allowed Harrington to muscle his means out across the ultimate flip and start a battle right down to the wire.
Huge Al M continued to carry sway over the challengers, because the 7-year-old son of Anders Bluestone maintained his momentum and prevailed by three components of a size in 1:59.4.  Owned and educated by Zach Vickerson, it was his ninth win of the season and thirty first of his profession.  Returning $2.20, he elevated his lifetime bankroll to $520,705.
BIG AL M REPLAY

Brutalizer completed second; Valyrian Metal bought up for third.
Driver Kevin Switzer Jr. loved 4 wins on this system, and Andy Harrington, Dave Ingraham and Mike Stevenson every grabbed a pair.
Veteran teamster ‘Double-digit Dave’ Ingraham is shortly approaching a milestone of 8,000 profession victories, and now sits at 7,996.  When racing resumes on Sunday (Nov. 16) at First Tracks Cumberland with a 13-race card, Ingraham is programmed with ten drives.  Driving harness horses since 1980, the 63-year-old has 69 wins this yr with earnings of $584,740.  Over his 45-year profession he has pushed the winners of over $32 million and loved a dozen seasons with one million or extra in earnings.  His statistical finest yr was 1995 the place the Maine-native gained 403 races and $2.7 million in purses.
The Choose 5 begins with the third race; our Choose 4 highlights the tenth, and our Excessive-5 Pentafecta within the finale—all with low 16% takeouts.
Our Winter Pageant prolonged pari-mutuel assembly enjoys weekend motion all through the month of November.  Cumberland Raceway will transition to 3 days of harness racing every week (Fri-Sat-Solar) starting December 5.  The 18-day meet runs till Dec. 21, 2025.
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by Chris Tully, for First Tracks Cumberland

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