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Trainer Chad Brown, winner of early voting for the 2022 Preakness Stakes, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of "obstructing breathing" on Thursday, according to media reports.
Wednesday The arrest took place that night in Saratoga Springs, New York, where Brown's horse is running at Saratoga Racecourse.
Saratoga County Assistant District Attorney Kayla Potter said Thursday in court that Brown, 43, had thrown a woman down the stairs of her home, held her down and attempted to suffocate her, and then kicked her out of the house. said. home, (Albany) The Times Union reported.
He responded to the arraignment wearing his Pink Floyd shirt, shorts and slippers. He paid a bond and was expected to be released.
Brown is a local favorite from nearby Mechanicville, New York, and took up the profession in his teens in Saratoga. He has two horses that he will run on Thursday at the course.
He was Saratoga's top his trainer this summer, with 112 games where he won 27 and earned $3.3 million in prize money.
Brown's computing won the Preakness Stakes in 2017, giving the trainer his two career victories in the Triple Crown race. He won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer for his 4th consecutive year (2016-19).
In the year, Brown's trained horses made 569 starts in which he won 168 races and earned him $19.8 million in prize money.
In 2019, he agreed with the Federal Labor Department to pay him more than $1.6 million in fines related to illegally seized overtime, unpaid wages, and barn complaints. Did.
Ten years ago, the state of New York fined him for failing to properly pay overtime.
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