A Santa Clarita horse trainer missed a morning hearing Wednesday  for charges in connection with the alleged mistreatment of horses in her care.

Aron Emily Jacques, 34, was due in a Lancaster court room for a pretrial hearing on nine charges — four felony counts of cruelty to an animal and five misdemeanor counts of failure to care for an animal.

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control discovered horses starving on the defendant’s property in February 2014, the prosecutor said.

Each of the nine counts for the horse trainer pertain to a different horse that was housed in Leona Valley.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Daniel Rochmes.

The judge issued a bench warrant for Jacques, he said, but added the hearing could still take place this afternoon.

Two of the horses died and two had to be euthanized as a result of the defendant’s negligent care, the prosecutor said in a previous statement.

If convicted of all charges, she faces a maximum possible sentence of seven years and six months in prison to be served in local custody.

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control.