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Windsor, Maine … Driver Kevin Switzer, Jr rose to the forefront of an extremely competitive card on Sunday (September 6j, scoring three winners over the course of the 12-race program while cementing his status atop the leaderboard as the 2026 edition of the Windsor Fair barreled into its final weekend of harness racing action. While […]
Windsor, Maine … Kevin Switzer, Jr held the hot hand on a warm late-summer afternoon at the Windsor Fair on Monday (August 31), scoring three driving wins over the well-manicured surface at the 138-year-old mid-Maine agricultural exhibition. Switzer’s three-peat began in relatively expected fashion as he confidently guided the undefeated Snowonthepines (1:59.2, NB) to her […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Driver Kevin Switzer Jr. won nearly half the races on the 13-race card at Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (July 11), including the harness racing co-features. With the Maine Amateur Driving Club Race in the opener (Todd Whitney), Switzer got things going as early as he could—in the second race. In the late […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Leading driver Kevin Switzer Jr. padded his lead in the drivers standings with a seven dash-win day at Cumberland Raceway on Sunday (June 28), scoring in all but four races on the harness racing program. Switzer Jr. started his reign of supremacy in the second race where he went wire-to-wire with Rau […]
Bangor, Maine …. Kevin Switzer, Jr kicked off a five-win day with a benchmark victory at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday (June 17), as the 38-year-old state-of-Maine native secured the 4000th driving win of his career. The win came in stunning fashion as Switzer lit-the-board at 16-1 in the opening race of the day, weaving […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Leading reinsmen Kevin Switzer Jr. put on a harness racing driving clinic on opening day of the Winter Festival at Cumberland Raceway on Sunday (Nov. 2), winning seven of the nine races he drove in. Switzer Jr. wasted little time finding the Blue Seal Winner’s circle at the iconic Southern Maine oval, […]
Bangor, Maine …. Driver Kevin Switzer, Jr enjoyed a “penta-terrific” day on Wednesday (October 22) as the Maine’s most prolific teamster piled on five more harness racing victories during the twilight card at Bangor Raceway. Switzer’s rampage began with an initial score behind Easteriffic (2:00.4-$4.00), launching a determined first-over salvo to secure the third seasonal […]
Bangor, Maine …. It was a different venue but a similar result on Wednesday (September 3) as Kevin Switzer, Jr traded in the open-air paddocks of Maine’s fairground circuit for the commercial meet climes of Bangor Raceway, But without skipping a single beat, the lightning hot teamster continued his mastery over the Pine Tree circuit, […]
WINDSOR, ME – A pair of $17,000 divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for harness racing 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings went postward on Monday (Aug. 25) at Windsor, with both sides of the win spectrum on display. In the $16,948 non-wagering opener for freshmen sidesteppers it was Marc Tardif’s Dude’s The Jet who broke […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Driver Kevin Switzer Jr. pulled off a clean sweep of the Maine Sire Stakes on Friday (July 25) at Cumberland Raceway, en route to winning five races over the course of the entire 12-race harness racing program. In the featured pair of $11,623 divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing […]
Bangor, Maine …. In demand harness racing drivers can often benefit from being listed to drive on multiple horses when the overnight sheets are published, a happenstance that can sometimes gain that driver an advantage when choosing which horse he’ll eventually pilot. And with such choices to be made, success can often be almost predetermined […]
Plainville, MA —– When Kevin Switzer Jr. won the fourth race at Plainridge Park with the trotter Prescott (Yankee Glide, 2:01, $6.00) on Wednesday (Nov. 27) afternoon, he registered the 3,500th victory of his harness racing career that started back in 2003. Switzer, who is a third generation horseman, got his first pari-mutuel win at […]
Bangor, Maine …. Kevin Switzer, Jr reigned supreme at Bangor Raceway on Sunday (October 20), scoring four wins while hitting the board in eight out his ten harness racing dashes programmed. Switzer soared in gate-to-wire fashion with three of his winners, insistently setting the tempo with, Montrego (1:58.2-$10.80), who secured his first win for new […]
Topsham, Maine … Harness racing driver Kevin Switzer, Jr was keenly spectacular on Tuesday (August 6), scoring three wins on Topsham Fair’s nine-race program, while proving himself the master at controlling tempo while simultaneously stacking the competition, like living chess pieces, across the raceway. Switzer’s sorties included a gate-to-wire gambit behind the Aaron Hall trained, […]
Bangor, Maine … Kevin Switzer, Jr roared into Maine’s fairground harness racing season in high gear, scoring four wins during the Bangor State Fair’s one day meet, becoming the kingpin of the first session of harness racing to be held at the 175-year-old agricultural exhibition in 32 years. “The return of harness racing to the fair […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The 12-race harness racing card at First Tracks Cumberland on Friday (June 14) carried three features worth $4,800 each, with each race resulting in a new seasonal mark for each of the three victors. In the first of two $4,800 trots, favorite Power Mitt (Explosive Matter) had everything his own way and […]
Plainville, MA — Seaside Tina (Downbytheseaside) made a splash in the $17,000 featured harness racing pace at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (May 21) as the only mare in the field of seven who beat the boys in convincing fashion and took a new seasonal mark in the process. Kevin Switzer Jr. made his way to […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Veteran pacer Lexus Witha View A (Somebeachsomewhere) let his back class shine through to prevail in a photo finish harness racing victory in Saturday’s (May 18) $6,000 featured pace at Cumberland Raceway. The Aussie bred 10-year-old was the most accomplished competitor in the top pacing class at the iconic Southern Maine oval, […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing driver Kevin Switzer Jr. enjoyed his second grand slam of the season at Cumberland Raceway on Friday (May 17), winning a third of all the races on the action packed 12-race card. Switzer wasted little time getting started, winning the opener with the trusty mare Pretty Gorgeous (I’m Gorgeous). […]
Plainville, MA — Fresh off a two-week break, Swedish Starlet N (Mach Three) returned to action and made every pole a winning one as she took the $18,000 fillies and mares Open II pacing harness racing feature at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (May 7). Brett Beckwith sent Swedish Starlet N off the gate from […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Power Mitt (Explosive Matter) paid no attention to the tote board as the 8-1 longshot upset Maine’s top harness racing trotters to capture the $6,000 feature at Cumberland on Friday (May 3). When the wings folded several of those from the upper echelon set scurried out for chance at the lead. When the […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing driver Kevin Switzer Jr. enjoyed a grand slam at First Tracks Cumberland on Friday (April 26), which included a pocket-trip score with Armagedon Seelster (Muscle Mass) in the $6,000 featured trot. When the wings folded 2-1 slight second choice J S Peyton (Dan Deslandes) dashed right out for the lead […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Veteran reinsman Kevin Switzer Jr. put on a driving clinic on Friday (Dec. 8) at First Tracks Cumberland, winning five races on the 11-race harness racing program, including half of the six divisions of the first leg of the Gingerbread Late Closing series. Wasting little time, Switzer got the party started in […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing driver Kevin Switzer Jr. won four of ten races on Saturday (Nov. 11) at First Tracks Cumberland, including a natural hat trick in the first three legs of the Pick-4. Switzer Jr. began the day with a pillar-to-post upset in the $4,800 conditioned pace race three with Axion Hanover (Betting […]
