Engle Breaks Ankle

By July 6, 2012
Mane flying, Margie Engle pilots the great gray Indigo over a jump.

Margie Engle and Indigo landed 9th on the ranked list for the 2012 Olympic show jumping team. (Photo by SportFot)

Show jumper Margie Engle is expected to be released from the hospital today following surgery on her right leg.

Engle broke her ankle and the fibula on June 28 when she fell off on course in a 1.30m WPTZ News Channel 5 class at the Lake Placid Horse Show in Lake Placid, NY. “He misjudged a vertical and went through it,” Engle said after the incident, noting the mount was a catch ride, not one of her grand prix horses.

Engle and Indigo were named ninth on the ranked list for the U.S. show jumping team for the 2012 Olympics.

She underwent surgery July 5 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, NY, and is expected to be out of the saddle for 14 weeks.

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