Kevin Switzer Jr. brought home 16-1 longshot Neither Do I in the first race at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday, June 17 to collect his 4,000th career win in the sulky.

Switzer deftly fired the five-year-old mare out from post eight to slide in fourth behind three duelling leaders heading into the first turn. After a :29.1 quarter, he angled Neither Do I off the cones as they straightened towards the stands and fished out Daydreamermistirae (Hunter Lothfus), who cleared to command at the half in 1:01.1 and left enough room for Neither Do I to drop into the pocket.

Those two extended away from the remainder down the backstretch, but as the field loomed closer nearing three-quarters in 1:30.4, Neither Do I slid out and powered past the leader turning for home. The daughter of Heston Blue Chip-Momma Dont Dance then resisted the closing Dudes Pretty Chick (Heath Campbell) to win by 1-1/2 lengths in 2:01.3, and Switzer had his milestone victory. Pacin Perfect (Russell Lanpher III) finished third. Neither Do I took her first win in nine starts this year for trainer Charlene Cushing and owners Joseph Bradeen and Michael Cushing. She returned $34.40.

Switzer, perennially one of the top drivers in New England, reached 4,000 wins in his 21,339th drive. The Maine native drove his first winner in 2003 and has since amassed more than $25.1 million in earnings. He reached a career high last season when racking up 383 wins and recording $4.4 million in purse money from 1,768 starts, also picking up driving titles at Bangor and Cumberland Raceway.

The victory was the first of five for Switzer on the 11-race program. He also scored with Devious Valentine ($7.40), Tobins Burke ($5.40), Urika Blue Chip ($11) and Whats For Suppaah ($3.40). The quintuple brought him closer to the top of the standings, though leader Heath Campbell’s triple limited the damage. The latter has won 29 times at Bangor this season, putting him six wins ahead of Aaron Hall, who also tripled on the day, and seven to the good over Switzer.

Two of Hall’s three wins came in the Maine Sire Stakes divisions for three-year-old pacing colts. In the $21,679 first split, he oversaw a tempo-setting three-length victory by Daytoremember ($3) in 1:57.3 for trainer Valerie Grondin, who owns the Dudes The Man-Paxxie gelding. Itsjustmoney (Switzer) was second, followed by Mias Boy (Mark Athearn).

Hall and Rebels Revenge ($20.40) stunned the undefeated Real Horrorshow (Switzer) in the $21,436 second split. Rebels Revenge enjoyed a pocket trip behind the odds-on Real Horrorshow, then shifted out in the stretch and hunted him down to hand that rival his first career defeat in his sophomore debut. The winner, a gelded son of Deuce Seelster-Cevina De Chakrika trained and owned by Marc Tardif, prevailed by a half-length in 1:58.4. Dudes The Jet (David Ingraham) rounded out the top three.

(Standardbred Canada; photo of Kevin Switzer Jr. winning at Bangor in 2025)