A portable remote racking apparatus for racking a circuit breaker into and out of an electrical switchgear, the portable remote racking apparatus comprising: a remote racking device configured to detachably couple to the electrical switchgear and including: a housing; a drive protruding through the housing and configured to be received by a crank access hole in a front panel of a cradle that houses the circuit breaker in response to the remote racking device being mechanically coupled to the switchgear; a motor within the housing and operably coupled to the drive to cause the drive to rotate within the crank access hole, thereby causing the circuit breaker to be racked into or out of the switchgear among a plurality of racking positions; a sensing device within the housing and configured to, in response to a button arm of the switchgear transitioning from a release position to a stop position, produce a signal indicative of the position of the button arm; and a circuit that receives the signal from the sensing device while the motor is rotating in a direction, and, responsive to the signal indicating that the button arm is in the stop position, produces an output signal that causes the motor to reverse the direction to suppress over-driving of the motor while racking the circuit breaker from one of the racking positions to another; and a remote control device communicatively coupled to the remote racking device, the remote control device including: a housing physically distinct from the housing of the remote racking device; and a control operable to cause the button arm to transition from the stop position to the release position in response to the control being actuated. a remote racking device configured to detachably couple to the electrical switchgear and including: a housing; a drive protruding through the housing and configured to be received by a crank access hole in a front panel of a cradle that houses the circuit breaker in response to the remote racking device being mechanically coupled to the switchgear; a motor within the housing and operably coupled to the drive to cause the drive to rotate within the crank access hole, thereby causing the circuit breaker to be racked into or out of the switchgear among a plurality of racking positions; a sensing device within the housing and configured to, in response to a button arm of the switchgear transitioning from a release position to a stop position, produce a signal indicative of the position of the button arm; and a circuit that receives the signal from the sensing device while the motor is rotating in a direction, and, responsive to the signal indicating that the button arm is in the stop position, produces an output signal that causes the motor to reverse the direction to suppress over-driving of the motor while racking the circuit breaker from one of the racking positions to another; and a remote control device communicatively coupled to the remote racking device, the remote control device including: a housing physically distinct from the housing of the remote racking device; and a control operable to cause the button arm to transition from the stop position to the release position in response to the control being actuated. a housing physically distinct from the housing of the remote racking device; and a control operable to cause the button arm to transition from the stop position to the release position in response to the control being actuated.