Biography.guide
Home › People › Jockey › Liam Treadwell
Portrait of Liam Treadwell

Liam Treadwell

1986 – 2020

British jockey

Jockey National Hunt racing
Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Liam Treadwell

Lived 1986 – 2020 (aged 34). Liam Treadwell was a jockey and national Hunt racing.

Liam Treadwell (3 January 198623 June 2020) was an English 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.

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

Career Treadwell worked alongside trainer Venetia Williams. It was Treadwell's debut in the Grand National, 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 BBC 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.

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, 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, He rode ten winners in the 2019–20 season, and worked as an assistant trainer for Ralph. At an inquest in February 2021 a coroner recorded a verdict of misadventure.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Education
The Angmering School

People in Liam Treadwell's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Liam Treadwell's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Liam Treadwell?

British jockey (1986-2020)

When was Liam Treadwell born?

Liam Treadwell was born on 3 January 1986 in Arundel.

When did Liam Treadwell die?

Liam Treadwell died on 23 June 2020 in Billingsley, Shropshire.

What was Liam Treadwell's occupation?

Liam Treadwell was a jockey and national Hunt racing.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Liam Treadwell

· Wikidata: Q6539820

· DBpedia: Liam Treadwell

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Liam Treadwell. https://biography.guide/liam-treadwell/

MLA: "Liam Treadwell." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/liam-treadwell/.

Chicago: "Liam Treadwell." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/liam-treadwell/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:08 UTC