Kieran Kelly (25 June 1978 – 12 August 2003) was an

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jump jockey who died as a result of a racing accident. Kelly was born in

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and achieved his first

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success in March 2003 on

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in the Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle. He was critically injured in a fall in on 8 August 2003 at

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racecourse and remained on life support in Beaumont Hospital in north

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. He died four days later at the age of 25.

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