Fallon back with a bang

Kieren Fallon was back in the winner's enclosure today on his first ride since returning from a six-month ban.

The six-times champion jockey was suspended by the French authorities in December after testing positive for a metabolite of a prohibited substance.

However, Fallon showed he had lost none of his skill in the saddle when steering The Bogberry to a narrow success in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Race.

The Aidan O'Brien-trained colt looked in trouble turning for home in the extended seven-furlong contest but, once Fallon found a clear run down the outside, the 4-7 favourite hit top gear.

The Bogberry just got up to see off Rainbow Crossing in the final strides with Fallon having enough in hand to ease up slightly in the shadow of the post.

Fallon could not make it a double, however, as Flying Cheetah failed to get competitive in the Knockanglass Stables Handicap.