Juan Hernandez, who is homeless and hails from Ecuador, began his aquatic joyride on the former FDNY-owned John J. Harvey vessel at around 2:30 a.m., cops and other sources said. 4.

DEL MAR — Juan Hernandez loved being the big fish in a small pond.In late 2019 and early 2020, Hernandez was the run-away leading jockey at Golden Gate Fields in Northern California.

The last time Juan Hernandez rode at Del Mar he was on the wrong end of a heartbreaking defeat in the jockey standings to old-time nemesis Flavien Prat, who won five races on closing day of the ...

DEL MAR — Juan Hernandez had one shot at victory Saturday at Del Mar. And he scored, driving 3-5 favorite Adare Manor past Elm Drive in the stretch to win the Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Stakes ...

Juan Hernandez wins Sunday’s Grade III La Jolla Handicap on Maltese Falcon — one day after winning the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes aboard Adare Manor . Share this: ...

Hernandez will be aboard Fun to Dream, the early 3-5 favorite in the five-horse field. Prat, who most recently won the summer title in 2020 and 2021, will be aboard 8-5 second-choice Big Novel.

Jockey Juan Hernandez smiles after riding Fun to Dream to victory in the La Brea Stakes on Dec. 26, 2022, during opening day of the winter-spring meet at Santa Anita Park.

Hernandez, who resides in nearby Glendora with his wife, Melissa, and their two boys, Emilio, 6, and Juan Jose, 8, says he encourages his sons to follow their own dreams.

Juan Hernandez returns to Del Mar this week in search of a hat trick. Should he capture the riding title at the Bing Crosby Meet it would be his third consecutive riding title at the seaside track.

Right before the 2020 Del Mar summer meet, jockey Juan Hernandez was looking to relocate from the Northern California circuit. He needed an agent, someone to handle his book on a Southern ...