Female jockey Melanie Tyndall dies after fall during Darwin horse race

Australia's horse racing industry has been shocked by the death of a second female jockey in the space of just two days.

Thirty-two-year-old Melanie Tyndall, who was also a police officer, died after falling from her horse, Restless, at a Darwin racetrack on Saturday.

Ms Tyndall's death came just a day after apprentice jockey Mikaela Claridge died from injuries suffered in a trackwork accident in Victoria.

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