Jockey Club to consider suspending Fallon

The Jockey Club was expected to decide today whether to suspend champion jockey Kieren Fallon after his horse failed to win a race despite having a huge lead.

Mon, 08 Mar, 2004 - 06:15

The Jockey Club was expected to decide today whether to suspend champion jockey Kieren Fallon after his horse failed to win a race despite having a huge lead.

Fallon faces a maximum 21-day ban after stewards ruled he had failed to properly push the horse, Ballinger Ridge, to the finish line at Surrey’s Lingfield race course last Tuesday.

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