At minimum, Svanstedt deserves an apology

When I learned that Sarah Svanstedt, my trainer and friend, had been seriously injured at Mohawk I naturally reached out. When I was finally able to speak to her, I was shocked to learn how this accident was handled.

I can tell you that if anyone in charge of running any of the three racetracks I own left a horseman unconscious for 15 minutes while they were trying to rein in a lose horse, that person would be fired the next day. She could have died while waiting 15 minutes for the ambulance crew to come and for [Woodbine] to acknowledge that was the policy and that they were reviewing it is a disgrace. Luckily, despite the lack of concern on the part of management, she did survive and is going to make a full recovery. No horseman should ever be left unconscious on a racetrack without an ambulance getting there as fast as possible. At a bare minimum she deserves an apology.

Jeff Gural / owner The Meadowlands Racetrack