Fallon update.....

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

As far as I'm aware, neither of them returned to face charges, and the HKJC banned them from riding there.

I could be wrong, though.

I thought the charges were dropped, they were cleared, Egan returned to HK and he got into trouble for something else....

I'll look it up someday when i have time.

Egan and Fradd..... i know there was an incident, and i know that Egan refused to return, period.

Was he the one who threatened his ex with a shotgun, or had one in his car when he was drunk? Not meaning to make accusations here but I remember there was some story.....

Needless to say, Eric Saint-Martin (applause!!!!! One of the kindest guys in HK) ) got the Les Arcs mount.

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I thought the charges were dropped, they were cleared, Egan returned to HK and he got into trouble for something else....

I'll look it up someday when i have time.

Egan and Fradd..... i know there was an incident, and i know that Egan refused to return, period.

Was he the one who threatened his ex with a shotgun, or had one in his car when he was drunk? Not meaning to make accusations here but I remember there was some story.....

Needless to say, Eric Saint-Martin (applause!!!!! One of the kindest guys in HK) ) got the Les Arcs mount.

Egan has been known to be a bit of a headcase. And unless he has moved in the past year, I only live about two miles from him!

We often see Kieren and John together around these parts. Those two are close friends. John Egan's son used to play (might still do) football (soccer) with my friend's younger brothers and Kieren sometimes goes and watches with John

[NoChanceToDance]

B Sample found to be positive.

Bad news for Fallon. It will most likely be a ban between 12 and 24 months. This will also mean he won't be able to ride in Ireland.

I think he can wave the Coolmore job goodbye.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Egan has been known to be a bit of a headcase. And unless he has moved in the past year, I only live about two miles from him!

We often see Kieren and John together around these parts. Those two are close friends. John Egan's son used to play (might still do) football (soccer) with my friend's younger brothers and Kieren sometimes goes and watches with John

They were roomies at one point... shared a place and a car.

Thanks for the update..... more bad news.

I hope he's okay.

Everything else aside, I hope he's okay.

[NoChanceToDance]

From RP.....

Medical panel to consider Fallon case next month



by Jon Lees and Desmond Stoneham
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FRANCE GALOP on Tuesday confirmed that Kieren Fallon's B test sample had tested positive for a prohibited substance and that arrangements were being made for a medical panel to consider the case in the new year.

Henri Pouret, the authority's head of rules, said France Galop stewards would determine how to deal with the jockey based on the findings of the three independent doctors who would comprise the panel.

But he advised against speculating on the length of sentence that could be imposed based on the experiences of jockeys Roberto Carlos Montenegro and Dean Gallagher, both of whom were banned after failing a second drugs test.

Fallon tested positive for a banned substance, reported to be cocaine, after Myboycharlie had wonthe Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville in August. On Monday night his solicitor Christopher Stewart-Moore confirmed that the result of the B sample had been received.

On Tuesday, Pouret said: “I can confirm that sample B has tested positive in Hong Kong.A France Galop medical commission will now meet in mid-January. This consists of three independent doctors, not employed by France Galop, who will examine the case and come to conclusions.
“They will transfer the case to the stewards of France Galop, who will convene a meeting and make a decision. We never disclose the substance found; it is a prohibited substance.”

Fallon served a six-month suspension imposed by France Galop for testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine in June 2006.

Pouret said it would be unwise to compare his case with that of Montenegro, who was banned in October for 12 months after he had provided a second positive test for a banned substance at La Teste de Buch, near Bordeaux, on July 29, a decision that the stewards upheld on appeal.

Gallagher received a six-month ban in France in 2000, but his second drugs breach fell under British jurisdiction. The jump jockey was given an 18-month suspension after traces of cocaine were found in a urine sample at Newton Abbot in 2002.

[NoChanceToDance]

Starting to think he just have a complete disregard for the law


From RP.....

Fallon denies speeding charge


by Racing Post staff
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KIEREN FALLON submitted a plea of not guilty on Thursday to a speeding charge at Ely courthouse in Cambridgeshire.

The six-time champion jockey did not attend the court and the case was adjourned for four weeks.

Fallon is alleged to have driven a BMW at 40mph in Milton Road in Cambridge, where there is a 30mph speed limit, on May 16 last year.

Fallon, whose address was given as The Severals, Newmarket, also denied that he failed to give information to the police relating to the identification of the driver at the time of the alleged offence.


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Seems strange he is giving his legal address as Newmarket. As far as I know, he isn't here. Would have thought I might have seen him about if he was. Hmmm. Does this also mean he has left his job at Ballydoyle??

[my miss storm cat]

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...NG_Fallon.html

[my miss storm cat]

Times OnlineJanuary 25, 2008

Exclusive: Kieren Fallon banned worldwide for 18 months


Kieren Fallon may have run his last race after being found guilty of doping offences (Stephen Kelly/PA)

Rob Wright, Racing Editor


Kieren Fallon's roller-coaster career may finally have been ended as he has been given an 18-month ban after testing positive for a second time for a banned substance in France. The ban comes into effect in nine days' time and will stop Fallon, 43 next month, from riding worldwide.

The six-time champion jockey, who was recently cleared of race-fixing charges at a lengthy Old Bailey trial, was initially banned for six months by France Galop after a positive test at Chantilly in 2006. The French authorities took a dim view of Fallon's latest failure - reportedly for cocaine - which was recorded after the jockey landed a big-race success aboard the aptly-named Myboycharlie in the group one Prix Morny at Deauville last August.

Fallon, who had been banned from riding in Britain while the race-fixing case was ongoing, had been free to ride both in his native Ireland and France last year and had received the full support of his employers, the powerful Coolmore team. Fallon's final ride last year showcased all of his immense talent as he forced Dylan Thomas to a dramatic success in Europe's biggest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October. It may well prove to be his final ride.

Fallon's career has brought joy and frustration in almost equal measure. Banned for six months after pulling fellow jockey Stuart Webster off a horse in September 1994, he hit the big time when gaining a first classic success on board Sleepytime in the 1997 1,000 Guineas, landing his first jockey's title in the same year.

In November 2007, he received £70,000 in damages after suing The Sporting Life for libel over the notorious Top Cees affair. He completed a rare Oaks-Derby double in 1999 on board Ramruma and Oath for his employer, Henry Cecil, before the pair parted company citing "personal differences" later the same year.

Typically, Fallon was quickly snapped up by another big yard as Sir Michael Stoute acquired his services for the 2000 season, the combination immediately clicking with the victory of King's Best in the 2,000 Guineas.

In January, 2003, he entered a rehab clinic after admitting alcohol problems, but yet again bounce back for a second Derby win the same year on Kris Kin. Another Oaks-Derby double followed in 2004 with Ouija Board and North Light, but in three months later he was initially detained as part of a police investigation into race-fixing.

Fallon was charged with conspiracy to defraud Betfair customers in July 2006 and banned from riding in Britain until the trial ended last month when he was cleared of all charges.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle3252076.ece