Tributes are being paid to Grand National-winning jockey Liam Treadwell, who has died aged 34. The sportsman, who triumphed at Aintree in 2009 on 100/1 shot Mon Mome, rode more than 300 winners in a lengthy career in the saddle.
His victory in the world's most famous steeplechase 11 years ago happened on his first ride in the race, on the Venetia Williams-trained huge outsider.
Treadwell also tasted Cheltenham Festival glory for the handler with Carrickboy in the 2013 Byrne Group Plate. More recently, the experienced horseman had become Alistair Ralph's assistant- and all ten of the rider's winners last season came for the Herefordshire trainer, including a hat-trick on chaser Billingsley.
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