Fallon insists Ballydoyle link-up rumour is a non-runner

KIEREN FALLON last night denied that he is to replace Michael Kinane as first jockey in Aidan O’Brien’s powerful Ballydoyle string next season.

When asked about a possible move, the champion jockey insisted: “There’s no truth in the rumour.”

Reports yesterday suggested that relations between O’Brien and Kinane had become strained by their lack of recent big-race successes.