Injured drivers back home after nasty fall

Ashwood, 28, was left with a fractured wrist, nose and vertebrae as well as a bad facial laceration after he tumbled from Sandra O’Connor-trained Good Onya in the same incident that saw Smith thrown from the sulky of Major West.

Smith, 64, also suffered wrist and vertebrae fractures and spent time in hospital before returning to his South Australian home in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Aaron Dunn (driving Havelock) sustained bad bruising after falling in the same race, while Ryan Sanderson tumbled from the cart of Doc Harvey, but bounced back quickly and drove a winner at the Ballarat meeting the following night.

Ashwood, Smith and Dunn joined Tim O’Connor on SEN Track’s TrotsLife to speak about their injuries and road to recovery, with the podcasts available below.