BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Tuesday, February 26, 2019—Yonkers Raceway’s fourth race Tuesday night (Feb. 26th)
was declared a ‘no contest’.
Right around the
quarter-mile pole, trailing pacer Classiesistar N (Joe Bongiorno) took some bad
steps and fell down. He landed about two or three paths out from the pylons and
not far from where the starting car remains as an observer during the race.
When the
rest of field hit the backstretch the second time, they all had to check up to
negotiate a ‘skinnier’ oval, going wide in between the fallen horse and the
car.
With the entire
oval unable to be used during the race, the judges deemed the race a ‘no
contest’.
Now the good news.
Bongiorno was not hurt, while 10-year-old gelding Classiesistar N—once unhooked
from the bike—immediately took a clockwise lap before escorting himself back to
the paddock. The injury report apparently consisted of just some cuts to his
knees and/or feet.
