Stewards at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz., issued a summary suspension on Tuesday of trainer Miguel L. Hernandez and ordered two horses he had entered in that day's races to be scratched.
Jason Hart, chief steward for the Arizona Department of Racing, confirmed that Hernandez has been summarily suspended but declined to offer any details on why.
Hart said a hearing date will be set when live racing at Turf Paradise resumes on Friday, May 6. Hernandez has three horses entered on May 5 and five on May 6, closing day of a meet that began on Nov. 4. Hernandez told the Paulick Report he plans to seek an injunction in court to stay the suspension.
Hernandez, a native of Mexico City, Mexico, has trained horses since 2014. A former jockey who registered 1,846 career victories, he retired from riding after being hospitalized following a spill at Ruidoso Downs in July 2013. Hernandez is third in the current Turf Paradise trainer standings by races won, with 36 victories from 152 starts, a 24 percent success rate. He's saddled 350 career winners.
The best horse trained by Hernandez is Conquest Mo Money, a son of Uncle Mo who won the Mine That Bird Derby and finished second in the G3 Sunland Derby and G1 Arkansas Derby, then ran seventh in the G1 Preakness Stakes won by Cloud Computing.
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