Jockey 'lost race after taking huge lead'

Top jockey Kieren Fallon came second in a race which he should have won “at a canter”, the £2m (€2.8m) race-fixing trial at the Old Bailey was told today.

Jockey 'lost race after taking huge lead'
Tue, 09 Oct, 2007 - 14:20
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Top jockey Kieren Fallon came second in a race which he should have won “at a canter”, the £2m (€2.8m) race-fixing trial at the Old Bailey was told today.

The six-times champion jockey appeared to stop riding Ballinger Ridge as he came into the home stretch with a huge lead, said Jonathan Caplan QC, prosecuting.

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CourtsRacingKieren FallonPlace: Old BaileyPlace: Ballinger RidgePlace: Lingfield RacecoursePlace: Newmarket, CambridgeshirePlace: Tipperary, IrelandPlace: Boroughbridge, North YorkshirePlace: Leyburn, North YorkshirePlace: BelfastPlace: Silkstone, South YorkshirePlace: Tamworth, StaffordshirePlace: NewburyPlace: SpainPlace: LeicesterPlace: NewmarketPerson: Kieren FallonPerson: Jonathan CaplanPerson: FallonPerson: CaplanPerson: RyePerson: Miles RodgersPerson: Fergal LynchPerson: RodgersPerson: LynchPerson: Darren WilliamsPerson: Shaun LynchPerson: Philip SherklePerson: Michael StoutePerson: ShaunPerson: SherkleOrganisation: Jockey ClubOrganisation: Betfair
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