Cumberland, ME – Delmarva transplant Brutalizer will try to give his new connections a victory in the $5,500 top trot on Saturday (Nov. 29) at First Tracks Cumberland
The absence of recent two-time winner Big Al M makes the Sara Harrington-trained trotter the 2-1 favorite in this week’s edition of the trotting feature. Husband Andy Harrington is at the controls and has guided the horse to second or third place finishes in all three of his previous outings.
Scoring from post five, the 4-year-old son of Alarm Detector already has six wins in 33 seasonal starts, earning $67,819 in the process. Saddled with post seven last week, the accomplished high-stepper took his 1:57.4 record over the half-mile track at Harrington earlier in the year and looks to make this Downeast two-circuit oval his new favorite stomping grounds.
To My Credit (7-2, Mike Stevenson) will also be trying to grab the lion’s share of the purse as he scores from pylon position for trainer Allison MacDonald. The 5-year-old son of the immortal Credit Winner has five wins and $25,885 earned this year. He won two weeks ago against gentler company, showing that he can do it on the front end.
Veteran teamster ‘Double-digit Dave’ Ingraham is just two wins shy of his 8,000th career victory, now sitting at 7,998 lifetime wins. Over the weekend Ingraham has 16 drives: seven on Saturday and nine on Sunday.
Driving harness horses since 1980, the 63-year-old has 71 wins this year with earnings of $600,545. Over his 45-year career he has driven the winners of $32.8 million and enjoyed a dozen seasons with a million or more in earnings. His statistically best year was 1995 where the Maine-native won 403 races and $2.7 million in purses.
Horsemen are reminded to check the new condition sheet and our website for a host of exciting Winter Pop-Up Series for the month of December. Boasting up to $179,000 in purses, the races have increased prizes, as well as consolations and finals, for the six different events available.
The Pick 5 starts with the third race; our Pick 4 highlights the ninth, and our High-Five Pentafecta in the finale—all with low 16% takeouts.
Racing continues on Sunday (Nov. 30) at First Tracks Cumberland with a 13-race card. Cumberland Raceway will transition to three days of harness racing next week (Fri-Sat-Sun) beginning December 5. The 18-day meet runs until Dec. 21, 2025. Post time remains 10:55 am.
For more information go to our website: https://firsttrackscumberland.com/