That infers it was better than normal or does he mean it was a good crowd considering the state of the track and the fact it was on telly. Probably just his sense of humour!
They both fell but only TM didn't take any further part in the meeting, Doyle won both his subsequent races so are you saying he rode and won those races injured?
Maybe the track did them no favours but they were injured before and came back too early i expect. Riders always come back too early and aggravate previous injuries.