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Liam Treadwell (3 January 198623 June 2020) was an English people National Hunt jockey, who won over 300 races between 2009 and 2019. He won the 2009 Grand National on Mon Mome at odds of 100/1, and also won the United House Gold Cup, Byrne Group Plate and Grand Sefton Steeplechase races.
In 2013, Treadwell won the Byrne Group Plate race at the Cheltenham Festival on Carrickboy. He was taken to hospital after falling in the Topham Chase. In the 2013–14 season, Treadwell had 42 winners, the most he achieved in a racing season. Treadwell was a standby rider for the 2014 Grand National. In 2015, he came third at the Grand National riding Monbeg Dude, and won the Grand Sefton Steeplechase on Bennys Mist. In 2016, he sustained a head injury after falling at Bangor. He was unable to race for six months. His injury was featured in a Professional Jockeys Association film about the dangers of concussion in horse racing.
Treadwell announced his retirement on 13 February 2018, citing health reasons, including his head injury and a shoulder injury. He had 298 winners at the time. In March 2019, he resumed racing, working with trainer Alastair Ralph. In his first race back, he rode Czech Her Out, who narrowly lost out to Miss Honey Ryder. He rode ten winners in the 2019–20 season, and worked as an assistant trainer for Ralph.
In total, Treadwell won 308 National Hunt races, and 28 Flat racing.
Death
Treadwell died on 23 June 2020, aged 34, in Billingsley, Shropshire, after taking a mixture of drugs including an animal painkiller and class A substances. At an inquest in February 2021 a coroner recorded a verdict of misadventure.
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