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Marshall recovering from Freehold spill

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October 18, 2007

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Driver Jim Marshall III is home nursing an assortment of fractures from a recent spill at Freehold Raceway but is hoping to be back to work in a couple of weeks.

�I broke four or five ribs and fractured my left wrist but what really bothered me was my right ankle,� Marshall said, when reached on Thursday, a week after the Oct. 11 spill. �The x-rays (at CentraState Medical Center) didn�t show a fracture, and they told me it was sprained, but I had iced it over the weekend and it didn�t feel any better. I knew when it was still hurting so much after the weekend that it needed to be re-checked.

�My doctor (Dr. Geraldo Goldberg of Western Monmouth Ortho Associates) sent me for an MRI and it showed a fracture in the ankle,� he explained. �I�ve got a walking cast, a boot on it now, and I�ll see my doctor again on Tuesday.�

Marshall, 49, was driving Where The Art Is in Freehold�s first race on Oct. 11 when he became caught up in a chain reaction in the stretch. Theycallmedebreeze, driven by Ron Turcotte, was on the front and broke stride, colliding with Fussy Dragon, driven by Leah Vandervort, Marshall recalled.

�I was third in line and pulled to the left and tried to avoid them, but I guess our wheels got hooked and I got pitched out,� he noted. �I landed on my back, bruising my tailbone, and hit the cement curb by the infield.

�I think Leah was OK, just had some soreness, and Ron was knocked forward and came in for x-rays, too,� he said. �My horse got cut up but I think the other horses came out OK.

�I�m hoping it won�t be too long, but I have to be comfortable and be able to put weight on it, be more agile, before I can come back,� he added. �I think it will be a couple of weeks.�

Marshall, who has 2,568 victories and $16.3 million in purse earnings, resides in Jackson, N.J . (SBOANJ)

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