Trainer/driver Tyler Stillings suffered transverse process fractures of the lumbar spine in a training mishap Friday at The Meadows.

His fiancé, Greta Slater, said the injury occurred when the bit Stillings was using for a training trip broke, causing his horse to dump him from the cart.

Slater said Stillings was treated at a local emergency room and now is recuperating at home. She indicated he could be sidelined for approximately three weeks. The horse sustained only bruises.

Stillings, 44, a resident of Washington, currently ranks fifth in driver standings and eighth in trainer standings (each by UDRS) at The Meadows.

Please join Standardbred Canada in wishing Stillings a full and speedy recovery.

(With files from The Meadows)