Meadowlands: Trio of trainers double in Kindergarten Classic

Trainers Jimmy Takter, Nifty Norman and Jim Campbell all recorded training doubles as the fourth leg of the Kindergarten Classic saw 2-year-olds of all sexes and gait compete in 10 of the 11 races on the Meadowlands Friday program.

Takter scored with a pair of filly trotters: Dab Hanover ($5.00 to win) in the third race and Basquiat ($7.00) in the seventh. Dab Hanover worked out a pocket trip for driver Marcus Johansson on the way to a half-length win over even-money choice Seviyorum in 1:53 4/5, while Basquiat, with Takter in the bike, made the lead at the half before holding off Piranha Fury by a head in 1:55.

Jim Campbell won a pair of colt trots, the first with favorite Patent Leather ($3.40) in the second, who scored powerfully by 2 1/4 lengths over Lindy’s Big Bang in 1:56 2/5 with Yannick Gingras driving. His other winner was Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship winner Fashionwoodchopper ($4.80), who upped his win streak to three after defeating Chucky De Vie by 2 1/2 lengths in 1:56 1/5 with David Miller in the bike.

Norman hit with a gelding pacer, Points North ($5.00) in the sixth, and a filly pacer, Reign On Me ($6.60) in the eighth. After starting the year 0-for-four, Points North notched his third straight win with Andrew McCarthy driving. The son of Somebeachsomewhere went wire-to-wire and held off the late-charging Surfing Tide by a half-length in 1:52. Reign On Me also led gate-to-wire, holding off Solitary by a neck in 1:52 4/5 with Gingras calling the shots.

--press release (Meadowlands)--