Cindy Hutter, an exercise rider and the wife of trainer George Weaver, was injured on July 3 when the horse she was exercising on Saratoga's Oklahoma Training Track collapsed and died, pinning her underneath for a time.
Just over a week after the accident, Hutter is stable but remains in a coma, Weaver told the Daily Racing Form. Doctors' primary concern is a “significant brain injury” suffered in the accident. Hutter is able to respond to voice commands, but has yet to open her eyes.
Weaver said his wife is in for a lengthy recovery.
“We're going to coach her to get her back to herself as best we can,” Weaver told DRF. “Right now we cannot assess the extent of the damage and probably won't get an idea of the recovery we can expect for a year, maybe more. Everybody is different when it comes to brain injuries of this nature. They just don't know. Her condition is stable. She's healthy. She's got some broken ribs, a broken collarbone, all that stuff, but that's all insignificant compared to the brain injury. All that really matters now is her brain injury healing.”
Hutter was galloping Vindatude, a 3-year-old Mshawish filly owned and bred by her husband.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
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