OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Eduardo Jones is appealing suspensions totaling 60 days and $5,000 in fines handed him by the New York State Gaming Commission. Jones is alleged by the commission to have falsely represented himself as the trainer of Tanya’s Gem for several races in the fall at Belmont and at Aqueduct. One of those races was on Sept. 7, when Tanya’s Gem won a $35,000 claiming race at Belmont. Tanya’s Gem has been ordered unplaced in the order of finish in that race as well as unplaced after a second at Belmont on Oct. 8 and a fifth at Belmont on Oct. 26. Jones was fined $1,000 and suspended 15 days for each of those instances. Jones was fined $2,000 and suspended 15 days for entering Tanya’s Gem at Aqueduct on Nov. 21. She was scratched from that race. Tanya’s Gem, owned by Nicholaos Panopoulos, was disqualified from $43,500 in purse money. Jones said the horse was shipped to him by Panopoulos on Sept. 2, the day after the filly finished third in a race at Penn National. Her listed trainer for that race was Paulina Sinnefia. Jones said he had to ship the horse back to Penn National after her Sept. 7 race because he didn’t have enough stalls and there was a possibility the filly was going to run at Penn National. At the time, Jones did not have stalls at Penn National and the horse was not deemed to be in Jones’s “care, custody, and control” when he raced in New York, according to New York state steward Steve Lewandowski. Jones said he has been hassled by Lewandowski for the last year and a half, and believes that it’s racially motivated. Jones is black and Lewandowski is white. “This is racial stuff,” Jones said. “I didn’t do anything wrong. For the last year and a half the guy’s been picking on me.” Lewandowski denied having anything against Jones, saying, “we felt he violated the rules and we punished him.” Lewandowski said the stewards had the authority to suspend Jones 60 days and fine him $5,000 for each instance had they so chosen. In addition to Sinnefia, Tanya’s Gem raced for trainer Dimitrios Synnefias when she ran at Monmouth Park and Suffolk Downs. No plans yet for Le General Trainer Michelle Nevin remains noncommittal on what’s next for her talented New York-bred 3-year-old Le General, who has won his last two starts by a combined 10 lengths. Le General, a son of Lemon Drop Kid, has worked twice since an allowance win on Dec. 9, including a five-furlongs move in 1:03.45 on Monday. His options include the Withers, or the $150,000 Jimmy Winkfield going seven furlongs on Feb. 9. “Haven’t finalized anything yet, just glad he’s doing good and we’re moving forward,” Nevin said. Nevin did say that Skyler’s Scramjet, second in the Gravesend, will make his next start in the Grade 3, $100,000 Toboggan Stakes on Jan. 19. The Toboggan drew only 14 nominations, which included True Timber, who is scheduled to make his next start in the $9 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream on Jan. 27.