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Fallon Banned For Eighteen Months

Kieren Fallon has been banned from racing for 18 months by France Galop after testing positive for a banned substance following a race at Deauville in August 2007, according to The Times.

Fallon appeared before the French racing authorities on Wednesday as they considered 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 previously served a six-month suspension imposed by France Galop for testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine in June 2006.

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

(C) PA Sport