Fallon considering comeback venue

As the countdown begins in earnest to the return of Kieren Fallon, the six-times champion jockey is considering the options for the scene of his eagerly-awaited comeback ride.

Fallon’s well-publicised problems should be replaced by headlines of a much better kind on Friday week, the date he begins the latest phase of an eventful career following an 18-month suspension imposed by the French authorities after he tested positive for a prohibited substance.