Fallon dismisses ‘ridiculous’ allegations

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.

In a four-page article described as the "sports scandal of the decade", the News Of The World alleged on Sunday that Fallon told undercover journalists before a race at Lingfield last Tuesday that eventual winner Rye would beat his mount.

But Fallon told ITV News yesterday that claims of race-fixing were "completely ridiculous".