North Devon trainer Nick Williams paid his first visit to Newcastle racecourse and the 690-mile round trip was rewarded when Philson Run ran out a very game winner of the totesport Eider Chase.

YESTERDAY’S arrests over allegations of horse race fixing follow a number of high-profile controversies in the sport.

JOCKEY CLUB officials are hoping to hear the inquiry into disrepute charges against Kieren Fallon and John Egan sometime in September.

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon returned to action after a 21-day riding ban at Kempton Park today.

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Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has been called before the Jockey Club disciplinary panel over recent newspaper allegations.

Officials at the Jockey Club today received the News Of The World dossier containing serious allegations concerning champion jockey Kieren Fallon.

POOR old Kieren Fallon, battered from pillar to post in what can only be described as a media frenzy.

CHAMPION jockey Kieren Fallon has spoken for the first time about the Ballinger Ridge affair and insisted he is completely innocent of allegations of race-fixing.

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has spoken for the first time about the Ballinger Ridge affair.

Kieren Fallon’s controversial riding of Ballinger Ridge at Lingfield last Tuesday has resulted in the champion jockey being hit with a 21-day suspension, beginning today.

A second jockey joined champion rider Kieren Fallon on suspension today after both men were judged to have broken racing rules.

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was today given a 21-day suspension by the Jockey Club over his riding of Ballinger Ridge at Lingfield last Tuesday.

Ballinger Ridge, the horse at the centre of sensational allegations after losing last week, returns to Lingfield tomorrow as he seeks his first career victory at the 20th attempt.

Bookmakers Ladbrokes have suspended betting on the Flat Jockeys' Championship in the wake of the controversy surrounding champion jockey Kieren Fallon.

Officials at the Jockey Club confirmed this morning that today’s inquiry into Kieren Fallon’s riding of Ballinger Ridge will concentrate solely on the riding offence which took place.

The controversy surrounding Kieren Fallon’s riding of Ballinger Ridge at Lingfield on Tuesday reached new heights following sensational newspaper allegations.

The Jockey Club has dismissed newspaper claims that they are currently investigating a widespread “betting scam” among jockeys.

The Jockey Club was expected to decide today whether to suspend champion jockey Kieren Fallon after his horse failed to win a race despite having a huge lead.

THERE were no sweet chariots or high horses ferrying Ireland’s rugby conquerors yesterday.

A champion jockey was embroiled in a deepening controversy today after claims he told undercover journalists that his horse would lose a race which are now being investigated by the authorities.

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has spoken out in the wake of the controversial defeat of Ballinger Ridge at Lingfield on Tuesday.

It could be weeks before the Jockey Club is able to set a date for an inquiry into the race Kieren Fallon lost in controversial circumstances at Lingfield Park yesterday.

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was referred to Jockey Club headquarters at Portman Square by the Lingfield stewards today after getting beaten a short head on Ballinger Ridge in controversial circumstances.

Johnny Murtagh has been snapped up to ride Saturn in the Entenmann’s Irish 2000 Guineas on Saturday as he bids to win the Curragh Classic for a second time.

JOCKEY Christophe Soumillon rode a Group One treble including the French 2000 and 1000 Guineas on a disappointing afternoon for the Irish and British challengers at Longchamp yesterday.