Multiple Group One-winning trainer Roger James is counting the hours before he returns home to New Zealand on Sunday for surgery after breaking his tibia in France on Monday.
James took to Facebook on Thursday to outline his troubles since falling from an E-bike on Monday at Saint Emillion in the south of France.
He wrote on Facebook: "The last three days have been hell trying to deal with the language at hospitals then the minute that a decision was made for me to return to NZ for surgery on my broken tibia, I was kicked out and have been holed up in a hotel room.
"I start my long journey home 10am (Friday) Bordeaux-Amsterdam-Dubai-Melbourne before arriving in Auckland around 5am on Sunday then to Waikato hospital for surgery.
"To say spirits are getting low is correct."
GET WELL SOON ROGER