Gold Dancer jockey explains how fatal injury occurred while winning race at Aintree

Jockey Paul Townend had to attend a stewards inquiry into his riding of Gold Dancer, who had to be euthanised after the William Hill Mildmay Novices’ Chase on welfare grounds

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Apr 10, 2026 - 17:19
Gold Dancer jockey explains how fatal injury occurred while winning race at Aintree
Jockey Paul Townend had to attend a stewards inquiry into his riding of Gold Dancer, who had to be euthanised after the William Hill Mildmay Novices’ Chase on welfare grounds
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