Fallon awaits France Galop ruling

Kieren Fallon expects to hear from the French racing authorities in their own time after yesterday appearing at a hearing scheduled to consider his failed drugs test last August.

Officials at France Galop examined the case of the six-time champion jockey, whose B-test sample confirmed the original positive test for a banned substance.

The hearing was held at France Galop’s headquarters at Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris.

Fallon failed the test after Myboycharlie’s success in the Group One Darley Prix Morny at Deauville on August 19.

Fallon, who served a six-month suspension imposed by France Galop for testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine in June 2006, will now wait to be informed of any possible subsequent punishment.

Confirming the current situation, Fallon said: “I have been to Paris for another hearing at France Galop.

“I expect they will get in touch with me when they get in touch with me.”

Fallon was recently acquitted along with five others of conspiracy to defraud Betfair customers by a jury at the Old Bailey.