By
Dave Little, for the Meadowlands
EAST
RUTHERFORD, N.J. (September 15, 2017) – 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, 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 2¼ lengths over Lindy’s Big
Bang in 1:56.2 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 2½ lengths in 1:56.1 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-4, 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 with
Gingras calling the shots.
A
LITTLE MORE: Tim Tetrick and Gingras each won twice on the program. …
All-source handle on the 11-race card totaled $1,579,880. … Racing resumes
Saturday night at 7:15 p.m.
