But he may well have a case against the British Horseracing Board, which suspended him for more than a year for being charged, not convicted, thus depriving him of the opportunity to ply his trade in Britain. He remained licensed in Ireland and France and rode without any accusations of pulling horses in those jurisdictions.
It is telling that the prosecution couldn't get a UK racing authority to testify that horses were being pulled in the questioned races, but had to import one from Australia, who admitted in court that he knew nothing about UK racing rules. They showed one of the 'evidence' races, wherein Fallon took his horse off to a long lead, looked to have the race in the bag late on and did a bit of grandstanding, only to be nipped at the wire. A bonehead move, a bad ride, but nothing us racefans haven't seen before. At least he apologised after the race.
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12-08-2007, 02:23 PM
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