OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Wayne Potts and Juan Vazquez are among six trainers stabled in New York who were denied stalls by the New York Racing Association for the Aqueduct and Belmont Park spring meets. However, all six trainers will be permitted to race on the circuit. Other trainers notified in a two-sentence letter from the racing office that they were denied stalls include Marvin Richards, John McAllen, Luis Miranda, and Michael Simmonds. Bonnie Lucas, an assistant to Potts, also was denied stalls. She filed an application after Potts was denied. The Aqueduct spring meet begins Thursday. Belmont’s spring meet runs from April 28 through July 10. According to NYRA spokesman Pat McKenna, horses in those trainers’ care must be off the Belmont grounds or transferred to other trainers by Wednesday. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures The NYRA did not give specific reasons for their denial, saying in a statement from McKenna that the company “retains the exclusive right and discretion to grant, deny, revoke, or reduce stall space for licensed trainers at its properties.” Potts, Vazquez, and Richards are facing suspensions from other jurisdictions. Potts and Lucas have appealed a 30-day suspension handed them by the New Jersey Racing Commission for an incident last August at Monmouth Park in which they defied a request by the state veterinarian to van off a horse trained by Potts following a claiming race. Last fall, Potts served 20 days of a 30-day suspension (10 days were stayed for him waiving his right of appeal) after being part of an illegal transfer of a claimed horse during the Saratoga meet. Potts is not permitted to race or stable at 1/ST Racing tracks such as Pimlico and Laurel Park in Maryland as well as at Delaware Park. Potts entered the weekend with 9 wins, 13 seconds, and 7 thirds from 48 starters at the Aqueduct winter meet. He said Friday he has 47 horses stabled at Belmont and plans to move them to a training center in Westhampton, N.J. Potts said he was shocked to have been denied stalls by NYRA. “I supported winter racing very strong here, so I’m very shocked,” Potts said. “If they’re trying to clean up racing why is Linda Rice still allowed to be here?” Rice is appealing a three-year suspension from the New York State Gaming Commission for conduct “inconsistent and detrimental” to racing after receiving past performances of horses entered in races she was considering participating in before those races were drawn. That occurred from 2011 to 2015. “Medication violations, I don’t have a laundry list,” Potts said. “I may have done some other stupid things. All of my [owners] are staying with me. I still plan to run here.” Vazquez is appealing 30 days’ worth of suspensions handed him by the Pennsylvania Gaming Commission for two medication positives last fall at Parx Racing. Vazquez is the fourth-leading trainer at the Aqueduct winter meet with 14 wins, 6 seconds, and 7 thirds from 55 starters. In a brief phone call with Daily Racing Form on Friday, Vazquez said, “Nobody said anything to me” about being denied stalls. McKenna said Vazquez was issued a letter in writing about his denial. Richards is facing a yearlong suspension from the New Jersey Racing Commission for one of his horses, Awesomenewyear, testing positive for two medications after winning the sixth race at Monmouth last Sept. 3. The post-race sample was positive for the sedative oxazepam and ibuprofen. Richards said he has appealed that suspension. Richards told Daily Racing Form that he was not told by NYRA to get his horses off the grounds or transfer them to another trainer by Wednesday. “I have nowhere else to go,” said Richards, who has six horses and went 1 for 11 at the winter meet. “I live right next to the racetrack. Where am I going to go? As far as I’m concerned, everything’s copacetic. If there’s any change, I’m waiting for the authorities to call me and tell me so. If I got to move on March 30, I guess I’ll put my horses in my car and break out.” McAllen, who entered the final weekend of the meet 0 for 33, does not have a current ruling against him. Sources told DRF that McAllen was denied stalls for allegedly demonstrating an inability to properly care for his horses. McAllen did not return a phone message. It wasn’t clear why Miranda, who is 1 for 11 this meet, was denied stalls. Miranda said he is down to one horse. “Whatever they think, they’re wrong,” said Miranda, who added that over the years he’s helped NYRA fill races with horses that didn’t belong. Miranda said he had a new owner who was going to give him $25,000 to claim horses. “I have to return the money to him,” Miranda said. “I could have a better record, but they call me 100 times to enter this horse in this race so this race could go. I know the horse doesn’t belong in that race and I still do it so the race could go.” Though these trainers may be based elsewhere, they will still be able to run at NYRA tracks. None of the trainers, as of Friday, has been issued a statement of charges that trainers Bob Baffert and Marcus Vitali were given by NYRA seeking to ban those trainers from racing here. “No matter the point of origin, all horses shipping in to race at NYRA tracks are subject to the same level of health and safety scrutiny as horses stabled on NYRA property,” McKenna said. “These protocols are effective in mitigating risk, enhancing equine safety, and protecting the integrity of the sport in New York.”