Published:
October 30, 2016 05:59 pm EDT
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)
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