On Sunday, Kieren Fallon won the Irish Derby. Yesterday, he was charged with corruption
The six-times leading rider in Britain was one of 11 charged with conspiracy to defraud customers of the betting exchange Betfair after an investigation spanning nearly two years. The allegations are that Co Clare-born Fallon agreed not to run horses on their true merits.
Fallon was one of 28 people to answer bail at Bishopsgate police station in connection with the inquiry. Fellow jockeys Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams, as well as trainer Alan Berry and farrier Steve O’Sullivan, were also charged with conspiracy to defraud.
