As the countdown begins in earnest to the return of Kieren Fallon, the six-times champion jockey is considering the options for the scene of his eagerly-awaited comeback ride.

Families of patients who died at Leas Cross nursing home were lied to by the Health Service Executive about problems at the facility, a new victims’ group claimed today.

Alkaased has been ruled out of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp after an 11th-hour setback.