Suvaljko back after being sidelined with injury

22-year-old Emily Suvaljko was left on the sidelines when a race accident saw her break her collar bone in June, requiring more than 3 months away from the track.

Making her return last Friday night at Narrogin, it was Tuesday night at Gloucester Park which saw the top performing reinswoman claim her first win back on board the Giles Inwood trained Dynamite Dolly at $7 odds.

“I was all good until pulling into Narrogin on Friday night, I got a bit nervous but once was out on the track, I felt all good.”

After only a week of driving trackwork before throwing herself into it completely, Suvaljko admits that it took some adjustment to familiarise herself and get comfortable back in the cart after an extended period away from it all.

Suvaljko, who was back at it for just three weeks since returning from a family holiday in South Africa received the set back at Gloucester Park on board Bettors Destroya when they fell on the 9th of June, resulting in Suvaljko breaking her collarbone.

“I had the surgery and a plate and screws put in as it was quite painful and to help it heal better,

“So, after that it was just a long process of being in the sling and sitting around waiting for the bone to knit to the plate.”

Suvaljko who made her return just 5 days ago at Narrogin had been a runner up on plenty of occasions presented to Friday’s meeting with a full book of drives, finishing second four times out of the seven races on the night.

“It feels good to get that first win out of the way,

“I’d managed seven seconds,

“My step-dad said one more second and I’d be a bull rider.” She joked.

Emily Suvaljko heads back to metropolitan Gloucester Park racing this Friday with six drives on her books, as well as eight drives on Sunday at the Central Wheatbelt.

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by Ashleigh Paikos, for RWWA