Leah Gyarmati is no longer licensed to train horses in New York, and the New York Racing Association has revoked her stalls at Belmont Park after separate incidents involving alcohol and alleged lack of attention to an injured horse. According to the New York Gaming Commission website, Gyarmati voluntarily surrendered her license on March 1. Horses she had entered at Aqueduct last weekend were ordered scratched by the stewards. The 12 horses under her care have been transferred to trainer Marcelo Arenas, a former assistant of Gyarmati’s who has been on his own since 2021. Gyarmati said while she did voluntarily turn in her license to the state, “I didn’t have a choice.” Gyarmati, 59, admitted that she failed a Breathalyzer after she was awakened by NYRA security when found in her truck, which was parked by the Belmont Park training track following training hours. Gyarmati said she had eaten a sandwich and drank two beers and was napping in her truck. Gyarmati said state officials told her to meet with a substance-abuse counselor by a specific date but was unable to schedule an appointment by that date. Gyarmati said she has since met with a counselor and was awaiting the counselor’s report. In regards to the horse, Gyarmati said one of her horses did come off the Belmont training track lame one morning but was brought back to the barn by the exercise rider and a stable employee. Gyarmati said that she had remained at the training track to watch other horses train and when she returned to the barn, the horse was being examined by a veterinarian. “I showed up as soon as the last horse I was training finished training,” Gyarmati said. “I came back to the barn, and the vet was X-raying the horse.” :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  NYRA contradicts the claim that Gyarmati was present on the day the horse came off the track lame, and NYRA officials had to request radiographs of the horse be taken. NYRA said Gyarmati was there the following morning when the vet was at the barn for a follow-up examination. Gyarmati said the horse underwent surgery to have one screw inserted to repair a fractured cannon bone and is now convalescing on a farm. “I’ve never been neglectful of my horses,” Gyarmati said. “Never.” “Following a thorough review of recent incidents, NYRA revoked all stalls previously granted to trainer Leah Gyarmati,” NYRA spokesman Pat McKenna wrote in an e-mail. “Subsequent to this action, Gyarmati voluntarily surrendered her New York State-issued owner, trainer, and exercise rider licenses and is not currently able to participate in Thoroughbred racing activities. NYRA retains the exclusive right to grant or revoke stall space at its properties at any time.” Gyarmati, who has been training for 25 years, has never been cited for any violations in New York. She was once fined $300 by the New Jersey Racing Commission in 2005 for failing to notify Monmouth officials of a scratch of a horse she had run at Belmont the same day. Gyarmati worked as an exercise rider for the Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens in the 1980s and 90s. She was a jockey from 1997-99 before becoming a trainer in 1999. She has won 317 races from 3,376 starts, and her horses earned $18,627,080, according to Equibase. Gyarmati’s top horse was Sweet Reason, who won three Grade 1 stakes in New York including the Spinaway in 2013 and Acorn and Test in 2014. She also trained stakes winners Noble Moon, Wonder Gal, Sail By, and Kept True. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.