Fallon fails in Hong Kong bid

KIEREN FALLON has failed in his bid to be granted a licence to ride at the Hong Kong International at Sha Tin on December 10.

The Irish rider had been pencilled in to ride 2005 St Leger winner Scorpion in the Hong Kong Vase, where he would have been set to compete against Ouija Board - on whom Fallon won the race on 12 months ago.

However, a Hong Kong Jockey Club statement read: “The licensing committee, at their meeting held this afternoon, decided not to grant a jockey’s licence to Kieren Fallon for the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Race Meeting scheduled to be conducted at Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday, 10 December, 2006.