Fallon’s arrest - Corruption the ultimate handicap

AT least one horse race a day in Britain is suspected of being either fixed or tainted by corruption.

That suspicion will deepen in the wake of the scandal surrounding yesterday’s arrest of 16 people, including Irish jockeys Fergal Lynch and Champion jockey Kieren Fallon.

Ever since the Gay Future scam, a £300,000 betting coup carried off by a Cork-based cartel in Cumbria 30 years ago, a dark cloud has hung over racing. At the time, two men were convicted of conspiring to defraud bookmakers by betting on three horses when they knew only the 10-1 Gay Future would run.