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‘Gifted’ jockey dies after fall during race in Australia
Horses run in the Aus$8 million (6 million USD) Melbourne Cup horse race in Melbourne on November 1, 2022. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) A jockey died following a fall from his horse at a meeting in Victoria state on Monday, plunging Australia’s racing community into mourning. Dean Holland was riding three-year-old Headingley in…
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Dean Holland: Jockey dies aged 34 after fall from horse at Donald racecourse in Victoria, Australia | racing news
Jockey Dean Holland has died after a fall at Donald racecourse in Australia. Holland, 34, fell when his mount Headingley, who was racing in second place, veered in sharply and crashed through the inside rail and in doing so, brought down Alana Kelly’s mount Time To Rumble. Kelly was uninjured in the incident. Racing Victoria…
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Grand National: Coach Sandy Thomson blames ‘ignorant’ protesters for Hill Sixteen’s fatal fall | racing news
Trainer Sandy Thomson has blamed ‘ignorant’ animal rights protesters for the fatal fall of Hill Sixteen in yesterday’s Grand National. The race was delayed by 15 minutes at Aintree after several protesters attempted to enter the racecourse itself and fix themselves to fences and railing. That led to a total of 118 arrests being made…
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