Fallon warns of corruption threat in racing

FORMER champion jockey Kieren Fallon has warned that low prize money levels in British racing will lead to corruption among riders struggling to stay afloat.

Fallon warns of corruption threat in racing

In an interview with the Irish Examiner to be published tomorrow, Fallon also hit out at the racing authorities in England over his recent week-long ban and said the punishment he received for not riding a horse out to be second didn’t fit the “crime”.

The Co Clare native missed the lucrative Guineas meeting at Newmarket last weekend as a result. He is due to ride Recital in Sunday’s Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial for his one-time employer Aidan O’Brien.

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