Southern horsewoman Samantha Wynne is recuperating in Christchurch Hospital after sustaining serious head injuries on Saturday morning.
The 36-year-old had taken a team of horses to Riccarton on Saturday but cannot recall anything further after she was kicked in the head by a horse and taken to hospital where she underwent surgery for a fractured skull and badly damaged ear.
"I got my ear sewed back on, they removed fragments out of the fractures and pulled a bone out of my head. They had to make sure I had no brain injuries, and I’m very lucky that I don’t think I have. There is just a lot of swelling, but hopefully that will go down and the fracture will heal." — NZ Racing Desk
