Fallon denies role in race-fixing scandal

CHAMPION jockey Kieren Fallon last night proclaimed his innocence after he was quizzed by British police over alleged involvement in a race-fixing scandal.

Fallon was released on bail last night from the station in Bury St Edmonds after 12 hours of questioning. He said he was innocent and revealed that police had asked him about his involvement with Miles Rodgers, formerly a director of the Platinum Racing Club syndicate.

Rodgers was barred from racecourses for two years by the Jockey Club in March after he was found to have made substantial bets on the internet betting exchange Betfair that two of his syndicate’s horses would lose. Rodgers denied wrongdoing and claimed the decision was “a travesty”.