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	Kieren Fallon
		Fallon was apprenticed to Kevin Prendergast (1982-7) in Ireland and then moved to Jimmy FitzGerald's yard.
		Kieren Fallon had a spell as stable jockey for Henry Cecil, and after their split he rode pricipally for Sir Michael Stoute.
		Reportedly Kieren Fallon's three year deal with Ballydoyle was worth four times his retainer with Stoute.
	www.biogs.com /famous/fallonkieren.html (212 words)

	Kieren Fallon - Jockey Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fallon became champion jockey in his first season with Cecil, with 202 winners including classic success on Sleepytime in the 1000 Guineas and Reams of Verse in the Oaks.
		Fallon returned to the saddle for the beginning of the 2001 season, aiming to silence the doubters and display his riding ability.
		Kieren Fallon is undoubtedly one of the finest jockeys on the modern circuit and is always the one to watch in a close finish.
	www.classics-betting.com /kieren_fallon.php (407 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - O'Brien backs Fallon
		Kieren Fallon has received the full backing of trainer Aidan O'Brien after losing his appeal against a British riding ban imposed by the Horseracing Regulatory Authority.
		Fallon is unable to ride in Britain after being charged as part of a police investigation into alleged race-fixing but he is still able to ride in his native Ireland, where he is licensed by the Irish Turf Club.
		Fallon appeared before a special panel of the HRA last week when he has told he would be prevented from riding in Britain until the end of any trial - which is unlikely to start until spring 2007.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2006/0714/fallonk.html (590 words)

	Horse racing: Racing blurs the line of justice \| Columnists \| Guardian Unlimited Sport
		Fallon, for those who have been living in a drain these past few weeks, was charged last month with race-fixing.
		In the case of Fallon, what seems blatantly unjust is the statement issued by the HRA last month, announcing his suspension, in which the authority insisted it was not its job to decide whether the jockey was guilty as charged.
		Reading the HRA's statement on Fallon, its bold insistence that, by allowing him to continue, racing would most likely "be severely damaged both by the possibility off further race fixing, and by the perception of such", one has to wonder whether the world of horseracing is subject to the same rules.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /columnists/story/0,,1841133,00.html (608 words)

	Kieren Fallon News
		Kieren Fallon, Fergal Lynch, Miles Rodgers, Philip Sherkle, and Shaun Lynch are due to go on trial at the Old Bailey on 24 September.
		Fallon was writing in response to the news that the Horseracing Regulatory Authority had imposed a riding ban in Britain pending his trial, which is expected to start in 2007.
		Kieren Fallon had a double classic-winning weekend, with victories on Footsteps In The Sand in the 2000 Guineas and Virginia Waters in the 1000 Guineas.
	www.biogs.com /famous/fallonkierenupdate.html (902 words)

	Jockey Fallon's Career Dealt Another Setback \| bloodhorse.com
		Kieren Fallon may not ride again following the latest setback to his high-profile career -- a six-month ban from the French racing authorities for failing a drugs test.
		Fallon has speculated on two occasions in recent months that he may retire from race riding if his trial in Britain is delayed into the main racing period next year, arguing that he could not fully serve his retaining owners.
		Fallon's solicitor Christopher Stewart-Moore issued a statement which revealed that the quantity of metabolite of the prohibited substance found was "exceedingly low...
	www.bloodhorse.com /rss/article.asp?id=36574 (622 words)

	Kieren Fallon - NTRA
		Fallon continued his successful partnership with the Cecil stable in 1998, winning major races with Dr Fong, Catchascatchcan, Wince, Oath and Ramruna, but his retainer was terminated midway through the season.
		Fallon was easily champion jockey for the sixth time in 2003, riding 221 winners, 64 wins ahead of his nearest rival Darryll Holland.
		On Oct. 7, Fallon was in third place in the Irish jockeys' championship with 53 wins and in 24th place in the English Championship with 56 wins.
	www.ntra.com /stats_bios.aspx?id=1841 (907 words)

	RIVER BELLE Wins Mrs. Revere S. at Churchill Downs
		Fallon now is 3 for 3 on her, having been aboard for the chestnut filly's first two races in Europe, including a Group 3 stakes at Ascot.
		Fallon said he was sympathetic to American jockeys who could not afford to purchase expanded insurance, but he did not support riders protesting when they can afford to purchase insurance.
		Fallon was in the irons when the British-bred daughter of Lahib-Dixie Favor (Dixieland Band) won the Princess Margaret as the favorite in July 2003.
	www.teamvalor.com /news/111504 (2218 words)

	Fallon team insist ban will not end his career
		That was the message yesterday from the legal team representing the six-times champion jockey, who in some quarters was said to be ready to quit the saddle after being hit with a six-month ban for testing positive for a prohibited substance in France.
		The substance, confirmed in a B sample tested in a Geneva laboratoty, is understood to be Benzoylecgonine, the principal metabolite of cocaine.
		Stewart-Moore explained that Fallon was informed in mid-August about the positive test, which stemmed from a sample the jockey gave at Chantilly on July 9.
	www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /news/2006/racing/fallon_drug.htm (559 words)

	CNN.com - Champion jockey Fallon arrested - Sep 1, 2004
		Fallon, who was later released on bail, two other jockeys and a trainer, was held by City of London police after a series of raids across England.
		Fallon was found guilty of not riding out for first place on Ballinger Ridge, which was beaten a short head by Rye, and he served a 21-day suspension for the offence.
		Fallon and Egan were also informed the following month by the Jockey Club that they would have to attend a hearing to try to establish whether they had acted in a manner prejudicial to the integrity and good reputation of horseracing in respect of their dealings with undercover reporters.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/SPORT/09/01/racing.arrests (526 words)

	Fallon Signs On With Ballydoyle Team \| bloodhorse.com
		Kieren Fallon, who cut short his recent riding stint in Florida, could be appearing more in American races following his decision Feb. 25 to sign up as retained jockey to owners John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith.
		Tabor and Smith have had an increasing presence in the U.S. Fallon, who was 40 on Tuesday and is six times champion jockey of Britain, returned to Ireland on Feb. 21 from Florida, where he had been based since after Christmas.
		Fallon, who has not been charged with any offense and has consistently proclaimed his innocence, is due to report back to the police in April.
	www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=26877 (399 words)

	Fallon fails with appeal » 7DAYS General and Local News, Dubai, Abu Dhabi UAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kieren Fallon faces an uncertain future after losing his latest appeal to have his UK riding ban lifted.
		Fallon, a six-time UK champion jockey was hoping to have the ban lifted to allow him to ride while he awaits his court case over corruption charges.
		The appeal is dismissed.” Fallon’s legal team have asked for a written explanation of the decision and Fallon said: “I am deeply disappointed by the refusal of the HRA to overturn my suspension from riding in the UK.
	www.7days.ae /2006/07/14/fallon-fails-with-appeal.html (251 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Jockey Club scandals
		KIEREN Fallon, the former champion jockey, was one of 11 people charged yesterday in connection...
		KIEREN Fallon spoke yesterday for the first time of his relief at the decision of the Jockey Club...
		KIEREN Fallon, the most successful Flat rider in Britain in recent years, will not have to face a...
	sport.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=582 (394 words)

	Kieren Fallon, Champion in UK 1997, '98, '99, 2001, 2002 & 2003 ! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kieren was at the top of the table in 2000 until a nasty fall at Royal Ascot ruled him out for the rest of this season.
		Kieren was 2nd in the Irish apprentices table in 1987 and then moved to the UK in 1988.
		Kieren used to be one of the top jockeys on the Northern circuit of England.
	www.jockeysroom.com /itm00054.htm (1133 words)

	Kieren Fallon in court on race-fixing charges - Telegraph
		The champion jockey Kieren Fallon deliberately lost a series of races as part of a multi-million pound race-fixing racket, a court has heard.
		Mr Fallon and two other jockeys are accused of throwing 27 races across the country over a two year period.
		Fallon, formerly of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, but now of Tipperary, Ireland, Fergal Lynch, 29, of Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, and Darren Williams, 29, of Leyburn, North Yorkshire, deny the charges.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/09/nfallon109.xml (789 words)

	Fallon ban carries big risks » 7DAYS General and Local News, Dubai, Abu Dhabi UAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, life for Fallon has been far from simple since his win on Dylan Thomas; he was charged with conspiracy to defraud punters the following day and has not been allowed to ride in Britain since.
		“Kieren is the most unbelievable jockey that we have ever dealt with - he is a natural master of his craft, like no one we’ve ever seen.
		Kieren is working with us every day and it is like taking one wheel off.
	www.7days.ae /2006/07/17/fallon-ban-carries-big-risks.html (427 words)

	Mike De Kock Racing > FALLON'S CAREER POSSIBLY OVER
		ONLY weeks after Kieren Fallon rode in the Melbourne Cup, his career as a top-flight jockey is considered all but over after it was revealed he had failed a drugs test in France and been banned worldwide for six months.
		Fallon (41) and his employer, Coolmore Stud, were told of the penalty this week, having known the case was being investigated by French authorities.
		Fallon's retainer is well into six figures, not counting the percentages and bonuses he could earn for important big-race success.
	www.mikedekockracing.com /Default.aspx?tabid=1055 (493 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Fallon 'likely' to incur Irish ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kieren Fallon is unlikely to be allowed to ride in Ireland while he serves a six-month suspension handed to him by French racing authority France Galop.
		Fallon is currently banned from riding in Britain as he has been charged with conspiracy to defraud Betfair customers.
		As a result, Fallon was able to partner Yeats in the Melbourne Cup but was barred from competing in the Arlington Million in America and subsequently dropped attempts to ride at the Breeders’ Cup meeting.
	breaking.tcm.ie /2006/11/29/story287204.html (645 words)

	Kieren Fallon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kieren Fallon (born February 22, 1965 in Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland) is a flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times.
		Fallon, 41, Fergal Lynch, 28, Darren Williams, 27, along with Miles Rodgers, 37, Philip Sherkle, 38, and Shaun Lynch, 37, deny the allegations against them.
		Fallon is currently banned from riding in Britain after being charged with conspiracy to defraud by the City of London Police.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kieren_Fallon (1040 words)

	ESPN.com - Breeders Cup 2004 - Fallon falling from grace?
		Fallon's ride could have easily been summed up as a case of poor judgment, but it was discovered that bettors had made substantial profits betting against Ballinger Ridge on Betfair.com.
		The News of the World scandal was starting to blow over, Fallon was starting to win races in droves and he started to talk, hoping to create some damage control.
		After Fallon was released on bail he was able to return to riding and hasn't missed a beat.
	espn.go.com /horse/breederscup04/s/2004/1028/1911652.html (835 words)

	SI.com - More Sports - Top jockey Kieren Fallon faces jury trial in race-fixing case - Monday October 8, 2007 10:47AM
		On Sunday, Fallon rode Dylan Thomas to victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
		Fallon was charged in July 2006 and banned from competing in Britain until after the trial.
		Fallon, who became British horse racing's champion jockey for the first time in 1997, won the English Derby in 1999, 2003, and 2004.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2007/more/10/08/bc.rac.fallontrial.ap/index.html?section=si_latest (463 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Kieren Fallon lands fifth Jockeys' title
		Kieren Fallon was crowned champion jockey for the fifth time at Doncaster this afternoon and Paddy Power make him a hot favourite at 4-6 to retain the title in 2003.
		Fallon ended the ended the Turf campaign with 144 winners, 18 ahead of his nearest rival Richard Hughes, though he will lose two because prohibited substances were found in tests on Elusive City after wins at Lingfield and Goodwood.
		Then I missed a lot of winners because I wasn't riding at all for the Aga Khan and for part of the season for the Maktoum family - and of course with Eddie Ahern now Gerard Butler's stable jockey I lost many winners from there.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2002/1109/fallon.html (123 words)

	Fallon will continue to fight ban \| Horse racing \| Guardian Unlimited Sport
		Six-time champion jockey Kieren Fallon will remain suspended from British racing after his appeal against the Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA) was rejected today.
		Fallon, whose legal team had argued the ban presented an unlawful restriction on his right to earn a living described today's decision by the HRA appeal board as "grossly unfair".
		The HRA revealed Fallon's grounds for appeal were that "the decision had the effect of denying him his right to earn a living, and would also effectively end his career as a leading jockey and is disproportionate and accordingly unlawful".
	sport.guardian.co.uk /horseracing/story/0,,1819778,00.html (426 words)

	Kieren Fallon Appeal Board Hearing Result
		On 3rd July 2006, Kieren Fallon was charged by the City of London Police, along with fellow jockeys Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams, with conspiracy to defraud.
		The Board received the Panel's Decision and Reasons and mindful of the serious criminal charges now outstanding against Kieren Fallon decided that the Panel's decision to decline to consider any of the presently available evidence was correct.
		The Board was asked by Kieren Fallon's representatives to provide written reasons for its decision and will produce these as soon as possible.
	www.racingbetter.co.uk /news/2006/07/05_kieren_fallon.html (344 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Horse Racing \| Kieren Fallon
		It was not Fallon's first high-profile split - he had previously enjoyed a highly successful partnership with Henry Cecil, winning the Derby in 1999 on Oath.
		The critics were silent - Fallon had once again shown he was in a class of his own on the turf.
		But Fallon now faces his biggest controversy to date, with the Jockey Club investigating claims of race-fixing made by the News of the World, allegations which the jockey strenously denies.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/2933943.stm (468 words)

	Kieren Fallon wins damages from News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mr Justice Eady was told that the article headed "I'll Sue Fallon Jockey Vows After Champ's Attack" related to a locker-room incident at Beverley Racecourse in September 1994 and included claims that the Irish jockey had been at the head of a "weighing-room mafia".
		Fallon's lawyer, Andrew Monson, told the judge: "The article repeated a claim previously made by fellow jockey Stuart Webster that the claimant had made an unprovoked attack on him in the locker room at Beverley, viciously head-butting him and punching him repeatedly in the face.
		But he said Fallon had acted in self-defence in the incident in which Webster received a broken nose but had not been prevented from riding again the same day.
	www.121s.com /viewtopic.php?t=5014 (649 words)

	Fallon gets court date for race-fixing charges - Horse Racing - MSNBC.com
		Kieren Fallon was among 11 people charged by police in July in “Operation Crypton,” Britain’s biggest race-fixing investigation.
		Fallon, who became British horse racing’s champion jockey for the first time in 1997, won the English Derby in 1999, 2003, and 2004.
		Fallon is banned from competing in Britain, but has raced in Ireland, Australia and France since being charged.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/16266466 (302 words)

	Racing week: Six-month ban for Kieren Fallon - Horse&Hound online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kieren Fallon is facing a six-month ban from riding in France in addition to charges of alleged race fixing in Britain
		Kieren Fallon's situation has gone from bad to worse this week.
		On Monday (27 November) Fallon was denied a license from the Hong Kong racing authorities to ride the Aiden O'Brien-trained Scorpion in the prestigious Hong Kong Vase.
	www.horseandhound.co.uk /competitionnews/386/102211.html (553 words)

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