Liam Treadwell passes ...

Sounds like suicide... 34 years old. What a waste !!!


R.I.P.

Very Sad, remember the day he won the National on 100/1 chance Mon Mome

Grand National-winning jockey Liam Treadwell has died at the age of 34.

Treadwell's biggest moment in the saddle came at Aintree in 2009 when partnering 100-1 shot Mon Mome to victory for Venetia Williams.

Treadwell rode nearly 300 winners during the first phase of his career, but decided to retire in February 2018, citing a fall at Bangor in March 2016, which knocked him unconscious, as the primary reason behind the decision.

However, after spending nearly a year working as head lad for Ed de Giles, Treadwell returned to race-riding last year and rode ten winners during the 2019-20 season, all for Alastair Ralph for whom he was assistant trainer.

Ralph said on Tuesday: "Liam was a great person, a great friend. It's a terrible shame. He'd been with me for a season as my assistant trainer and still rode. We had a great season together.

"It's very sad. I have never met anybody who had a bad word to say about him."