Gargan fined $1,000 for behavior after Schuylerville
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Danny Gargan was fined $1,000 by the stewards for his behavior following Thursday’s Schuylerville Stakes when he yelled at the stewards on the phone in the winner’s circle and then hung up.
Gargan was upset after his filly Complexion – the co favorite in the race – reared up twice in the starting gate prior to the start of the Schuylerville, unseating jockey John Velazquez. She was reloaded and the gates were opened before he felt his filly was ready.
Gargan said he would have rather seen his filly be scratched from the race after acting up.
“I should have got fined, I cussed them,” Gargan said. “But the big problem is the safety of the horse should have come first and I don’t think yesterday we saw that.”
Gargan said fortunately his filly is “sound and clean-legged” coming out of the race. “It was a bad experience we didn’t want for her.”
Gargan won last month’s Belmont Stakes with Dornoch.