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Queensland jockey dies in hospital after training accident

ABC Australia · May 23, 2026, 4:40 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • Shane Mc Govern is being mourned after his death at 67.
  • Shane Mc Govern, 67, has died from injuries sustained in a horse riding accident in early April.
  • The jockey spent hours trapped underneath a dead horse at a regional Queensland track before he was taken to the hospital.

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Shane Mc Govern is being mourned after his death at 67. (Supplied: Australian Jockeys Association)

Shane Mc Govern, 67, has died from injuries sustained in a horse riding accident in early April.

The jockey spent hours trapped underneath a dead horse at a regional Queensland track before he was taken to the hospital.

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