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Liam Treadwell (3 January 198623 June 2020) was an
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jockey, who won over 300 races between 2009 and 2019. He won the
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on
Mon Mome Mon Mome is an AQPS racehorse, which won the 2009 John Smith's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, run on April 4, 2009. It was ridden by Liam Treadwell and trained by Venetia Williams. He won by 12-lengths at odds of 100–1, making Mon Mom ...
at odds of 100/1, and also won the United House Gold Cup,
Byrne Group Plate The Magners Plate Handicap Chase is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a d ...
, and
Grand Sefton Steeplechase The Grand Sefton Handicap Chase is a National Hunt racing, National Hunt Steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged six years or older. It is run at Aintree Racecourse, Aint ...
races.


Personal life

Treadwell was born in Arundel,
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, England. He attended the local Angmering School. He was nicknamed "Tredders".


Career

Treadwell worked alongside trainer
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. He was the winner of the
2009 Grand National The 2009 Grand National (officially known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 162nd running of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 4 April 2009. A 100/ ...
, having ridden
Mon Mome Mon Mome is an AQPS racehorse, which won the 2009 John Smith's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, run on April 4, 2009. It was ridden by Liam Treadwell and trained by Venetia Williams. He won by 12-lengths at odds of 100–1, making Mon Mom ...
to victory at odds of 100/1. It was only the fifth time a horse at those odds won the race, the most recent being
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in 1967. It was Treadwell's debut in the
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, in his first season in jump racing. After his Grand National victory on 4 April 2009, Clare Balding interviewed him and made fun of his apparently bad teeth. Both the
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and Balding apologised by 6 April. Balding later said on BBC's '' Have I Got News for You'' quiz that she believed Treadwell to have had his teeth "kicked out" by a horse, a common injury suffered by jockeys, apologising again for her error. The BBC received over 2,000 complaints about Balding's remarks. Treadwell later received calls from dentists offering to fix his teeth for free. Later in 2009, Treadwell caused another upset by winning the United House Gold Cup at Ascot on The Last Derby at odds of 33/1. In 2013, Treadwell won the
Byrne Group Plate The Magners Plate Handicap Chase is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a d ...
race at the
Cheltenham Festival The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Ra ...
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 The 2014 Grand National (officially known as the 2014 Crabbie's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 167th annual running of the Grand National Horse racing, horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. The showpiece Stee ...
. In 2015, Treadwell came third at the
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riding Monbeg Dude, and won the
Grand Sefton Steeplechase The Grand Sefton Handicap Chase is a National Hunt racing, National Hunt Steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged six years or older. It is run at Aintree Racecourse, Aint ...
on Bennys Mist. In 2016, Treadwell sustained a head injury after falling in 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, Treadwell 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
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races, and 28 flat races.


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.


See also

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References

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