Quarter Horse trainer Juan M. Gonzalez, a two-time winner of the Grade 1 All American Futurity, has been summarily suspended by the New Mexico Racing Commission for “conduct detrimental to racing.” A ruling listed on the Association of Racing Commissioners International website details that a hypodermic needle and syringe were found in the pocket of a jacket hanging in Gonzalez' barn on Aug. 25, 2023.
Gonzalez is excluded from all grounds under the jurisdiction of the NMRC, pending the outcome of a summary suspension hearing set for Sept. 2 at Ruidoso Downs.
The conditioner is among the top 20 Quarter Horse trainers all-time (by earnings, according to data displayed on the American Quarter Horse Association website); Equibase credits Gonzalez with 625 Quarter Horse winners for earnings of $18,152,321. He sent out the winners of the All American Futurity in 2003 (By by Jj) and in 2013 (Handsome Jack Flash), as well as Grade 1 winners Streak of Sixes, A Streak Regard, Genuine Streaker, Snow Regard, Mr Regard, Gonna Cha Cha, A Streak Again, Girlonthego, and Jp Streak.
According to various rulings listed on Thoroughbredrulings.com, Gonzalez had previously served a six-month suspension at the beginning of 2015 for a finding of Trenbolone, an anabolic steroid; and a six-month suspension at the beginning of 2014 for a finding of Clenbuterol.
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