East Rutherford, NJ – Creature Of Habit got into the win column for the first time in her career a week ago, and Friday night (Oct. 18) 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.

Creature Of Habit and driver Victor Kirby score in the Kindergarten Classic at the Meadowlands Friday night. Lisa Photo.

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 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 while Ideal Perception ($7.60) held off Force N Fury by a hard-fought nose in 1:51.3 in a pace for colts and geldings with Joe Bongiorno in the bike for trainer Tony Alagna.

Hall Of AM S ($5 as the favorite) took another filly trot, completing the mile in 1:55.2 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.

TROLLEY ON TIME: The Erv Miller-trained Trolley hit the Meadowlands’ winner’s circle for the first time since May 18, scoring by 1-3/4 lengths over Max as the 3-5 favorite in 1:54.4 in a $25,000 conditioned trot for driver Marcus Miller.

A LITTLE MORE: A $20,922 carryover from last Saturday led to a total pool of just over $150,000 in the 50-cent Pick-5. Those who cashed had to be sharp, as the fourth leg of the wager was won by 39-1 chance Princess Holly N. The odds of the other four winners were 4-5, 8-5, 2-1 and 9-2. The payoff was $3,054.15. … 25-year-old Kasper Foget was a winner in his Big M driving debut, guiding For A Dreamer to victory lane in the 11th race at odds of 5-1. The native Of Denmark was a champion European driver in the under-25 division. … All-source wagering on the 13-race card totaled $2,294,868. … Racing resumes Saturday (Oct. 19) at 7:15 p.m.