by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers, NY — Yonkers Raceway’s Tuesday night (Sept. 5) program featured something rarely seen — even rarer when it happens again.
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Perfect Major and Project Rock finished in a dead-heat in the first race.
Win dead-heats bookended the dozen-race card.
The first race, a $6,600 New York-bred second level Excelsior pace, saw 28-1 shot Perfect Major (Marcus Miller) tag favored Project Rock (Jason Bartlett) at the wire in 1:56.1.
Eleven races later, the $17,000 pacing finale had Western Rockstar A (Dan Dube) and Grand Master (Bartlett) hit the electronic line together in 1:54.2.
Bartlett’s pair of ‘heaters’ were included in his six-win night.