Meadowlands: Creature Of Habit repeats in Kindergarten Classic

Creature Of Habit got into the win column for the first time in her career a week ago, and Friday night at the Meadowlands, the daughter of Donato Hanover-Habit’s Best came right back and won again, taking one of five divisions of the Kindergarten Classic for 2-year-olds.

The Nifty Norman trainee scored in the dash for filly trotters by brushing to command down the backstretch before reporting home a safe half-length in front of She Rocks Kemp in 1:55 3/5 for driver Victor Kirby. As the 8-5 favorite, the winner of two of 11 lifetime starts returned $5.40 to her backers.

In other Kindergarten action, Hen Party ($15.60) went wire-to-wire to defeat 1-5 public choice Annabelle Hanover by 1 1/4 lengths in a filly pace for driver Pat Berry and trainer Ron Burke in 1:52 4/5, while Ideal Perception ($7.60) held off Force N Fury by a hard-fought nose in 1:51 3/5 in a pace for colts and geldings with Joe Bongiorno in the bike for trainer Tony Alagna.

Swedish-bred Hall Of AM ($5.00 as the favorite) took another filly trot, completing the mile in 1:55 2/5 to finish 1 3/4 lengths in front of Scorched Romance for driver Mattias Melander, who is the brother of winning trainer Marcus.

In a non-betting race before the start of the regular card, Sky Castles scored in a division for trotting colts and geldings for driver Mitch Cushing and trainer Andrew Harris in 1:55 1/5.

--press release (the Meadowlands)--