Apprentice's dream comes true after horror fall

After a horror fall in 2019 surgeons told Shanae O’Meara she was lucky to be alive and said she’d never ride a horse again.

The 21-year-old was airlifted to Melbourne in an induced coma with severe head injuries after falling when riding trackwork at Swan Hill for trainer Austy Coffey.

Scans revealed a skull fracture and the aspiring apprentice was kept in a coma in ICU for almost a week at the Alfred Hospital, before two weeks on the Royal Melbourne’s Neurology Ward and three-months recovering at the Epworth Rehabilitation Centre.

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Article written by: Kate Watts