Williams is wasting no time getting back in the saddle, with three rides at Albury's TAB meeting on Friday, having recovered from a bout of concussion and - fortunately - nothing more sinister.

The Wagga apprentice came off when first starter Jeddyla clipped heels after the post. She was taken to Leeton and then Griffith Hospital for scans on her spine.

By Tuesday morning, the update was she was in a lot of pain and still awaiting results.

"They felt a bit of a divot in my neck and said I'd better get a CT scan and they found an old fracture, a crack there," Williams said.

"It was an old one but I thought, Oh no, have I made it worse. But we sent the scans up to Dr Duckworth in Sydney. He had a look and said no, it should be all good.

"That was a relief."

That's an understatement.

Williams said the old fracture had been originally discovered by accident following a previous incident and discussions about spinal scans and fractures is always nerve-wracking.

"When I did actually fracture it a few years ago, I didn't know I'd done it because I'd also done another injury a bit further down. So it was just the unknown. I just didn't know if I'd made it worse or if it was okay," she said.

A big horse, the Peter Clancy-trained Jeddyla sent Williams into the turf awkwardly.

"On a smaller horse, I might have stayed on but once he tripped, he pulled me over him and there was no going back after that," Williams said.

"I landed weirdly, sort of on my knees but I went backwards and smacked my head into the ground...

"I've had concussion so I've had a nice easy week and I've come good."

Williams has had six wins in her last 28 rides.

Three of those were with two of the horses she'll be legged aboard at Albury on Friday, City Rogue (trained by Allan Fitzgerald) and Free Lunch (Phil Sweeney).

City Rogue is coming off back to back wins at Corowa over 1000m and will shoot for a hat-trick with Williams in another benchmark 58 handicap over 900m at Albury.

"The first time I rode him was at Albury. He was second up, he probably needed the run (when finishing third) but then he went to Corowa and he's won his last two there so he's a nice in-form horse," she said.

City Rogue has drawn wide (14, and likely to start from 10 of 12) making things tricky in a tough field.

Mitch Beer's talented Seventh Seal has been lumped with 67kg (but will carry 63kg after Fiona Sandkuhl's claim) while Andrew Dale's Chairman's Choice has had five top-two finishes in a row.

Williams has to navigate from the widest barrier in the class three handicap over 1175m on the Sweeney-trained Free Lunch.

"Another sticky gate. I won on him last start too (at Griffith a month ago over 1200m in a benchmark 50). We ended up being quite forward, just off the leader, and he ran really well off that so I'm not sure where we'll go from that gate," Williams said.

Branders Rule (Mitch Beer) is the topweight having won at the course, distance and class two starts back while Shilleagh MeyerVale's Momma Smash has won three of her six starts and is chasing a hat-trick of wins.

Meanwhile Williams is having her first ride on Master Kostya (trained at Wangaratta by Dan McCarthy) in the maiden sprint (900m). The four-year-old gelding has had three minor placings from three starts over the distance but was fourth when odds-on at Leeton over 1050m last start.

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