Gargan has Sleepy Hollow up next for Man in Finance

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – While trainer Danny Gargan contemplates whether or not to run Grade 1 Frizette runner-up Snowyte in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, he does seem set on where he will next run his impressive debut-winning New York-bred 2-year-old Man in Finance.

Man in Finance, who won his debut Sept. 21 by 7 3/4 lengths, earning an 82 Beyer Speed Figure, will make his next start in the $200,000 Sleepy Hollow Stakes for New York-breds on Oct. 27.

“I knew he was a runner the whole time,” Gargan said. “I told the jock [Luis Rivera Jr.] just break, don’t look back, you’re going to win.”

Gargan was listed as the owner of Man in Finance for his debut. Since the win, Gargan sold majority interest in the gelding to Dean Reeves and Randy Hill. Man in Finance is by Central Banker, a New York-based stallion, meaning he is eligible for the $500,000 Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Stakes on Dec. 14.

On Thursday, Man In Finance worked a half-mile in 49.95 seconds over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga.

Gargan said Snowyte, who has run second in both of her starts, is under consideration for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 1 at Del Mar or the Grade 2 $250,000 Demoiselle on Dec. 7 at Aqueduct.

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