Willy Hernan says he wants to resume his career in the saddle despite suffering life threatening injuries in a race fall at Geelong 10 weeks ago.The 20-year-old was in good spirits when he attended Monday's inquiry into the fall at which James Winks was suspended until December 13 for careless riding.Hernan said he held no grudge against Winks."No one is fully to blame. It's part of the game, it's just the way it goes," said Hernan who had his best day in terms of winners at the same track ridin

Willy Hernan says he wants to resume his career in the saddle despite suffering life threatening injuries in a race fall at Geelong 10 weeks ago.

The 20-year-old was in good spirits when he attended Monday's inquiry into the fall at which James Winks was suspended until December 13 for careless riding.

Hernan said he held no grudge against Winks.

"No one is fully to blame. It's part of the game, it's just the way it goes," said Hernan who had his best day in terms of winners at the same track riding four successive winners on July 22.

Hernan, who is still an apprentice, had ridden 193 winners including 57 in the metropolitan area when the fall happened.

He has since amazed doctors with his rapid rate of recovery over the past two months.

He was left him with two broken vertebrae and three crushed vertebrae in the back, a broken vertebra in the neck, bleeding on the brain and crushed lungs.

Hernan was also in an induced coma for a week and caught pneumonia.

He was operated on in The Alfred Hospital and had two plates and 14 screws inserted and his back is fused from the T4 to the T11.

Hernan said he couldn't remember anything for weeks since going to the gates on his mount Kala's Joie in the Bay City Laundry Hcp (1000m) on September 5.

"It was like a dream, I can't remember anything," he said.

"It was touch and go for a while. The balance isn't the best on my right side, but I'm just glad I'm alive.

"I couldn't talk because I had a tracheotomy in my throat, I had to learn to walk again, and a halo on for six weeks to keep everything straight in my back. It was just so hard learning to walk again."

After spending five weeks at The Alfred and another five weeks at the Epworth in rehabilitation, he is now building up his strength by doing physiotherapy four days a week at Frankston Life Care.

During his time in hospital, Hernan lost 10kg, dropping from his riding weight of 50kg to 40kg but said he was back to 47kg now and needed to work on his strength and fitness.

"I can't lift anything over two kilos, I can't run and I can't bend my back," Hernan said.

"All I want to do is get better."

Hernan said he attended his first meeting since the fall at the Peninsula Cup meeting at Mornington on November 2 and caught up with friends.

He will spend Christmas with his family at Warrnambool and says it will take about 12 to 18 months to get back to riding.

"I have time on my side," he said.