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Jersey-based driver says he's a couple weeks away from sulky

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October 07, 2008

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Driver George Brennan told harnessracing.com Tuesday morning that he is within a couple of weeks of returning to the sulky after recovering from a broken right wrist suffered in a race accident at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in late May. Brennan, 41, said he had surgery last week to take a plate out of the wrist and that he hopes to be driving soon at Harrah�s Chester and Freehold as he prepares for the Meadowlands meet that begins in late November.

�I had surgery on Friday to take the plate out, and everything feels good,� Brennan said by phone from his home in Perrineville, N.J.. �I can�t train any horses for the week, but within a couple of weeks I�ll be back racing. They took X-rays before and after the surgery and everything is healed.�

Brennan said he has been helping a friend train horses at a private farm since mid-August. Doctors had told him the plate would eventually be needed to be removed, and the decision was made to have the surgery now rather than later.

�Honestly, if I didn�t get the plate taken out I�d probably be back racing now,� said Brennan, who has been in physical therapy for several weeks now in preparation of his return. �But the surgeon wanted to take the plate out to give me more range of motion. He always thought he�d have to take it out. I thought it�d be a lot easier to take it now than to get back racing and in six months taking time off to do it. I might not do it then.�

Brennan admitted he missed not being in Lexington, Ky., for the two-week Grand Circuit stand at The Red Mile that closed Saturday, Oct. 4.

�I missed it, but it would have been hard for me down there just sitting around not doing anything,� he said. �I was able to catch a couple of races on TV.�

Brennan had 151 wins in 2008 when he was hurt in his 1,000^th drive of the year in the May 31 spill at Pocono. Overall, he has 5,409 wins and $81.6 million in purse earnings over his career. He has ranked in the top 25 among drivers in purse earnings the past 13 years, including a top-10 finish every year since 2002.

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