Fallon sets sights on title return Kieren Fallon will be back riding in Britain next September and he already has his sights on the 2010 title. Currently work riding in California, the six-time champion has targeted 200 winners in his first full season back on the track and Betfred make him an 8-1 chance to cap it by winning his seventh title. Fallon told the Racing Post: "I'm really looking forward to it. I've been waiting for this for a long time and can't wait to get back to doing what I do best and what I know best. "I will definitely be back in Britain to start race-riding in September. I will get a feeling for it next year, and then it will be all systems go for 2010. "My ambition is to win the championship, to get it back. I never really lost it, but in 2004 everything started to fall apart and Frankie Dettori won it. "My target is to ride 200 winners, which is what I did four of the six years I was champion. If anyone else can do that, well done to them. That's my target." Explaining their 8-1 quote, Betfred spokesman Dave Metcalf said: "It's great to see that Kieren still has the fire in his belly after his enforced absence, but even with his terrific will to win attitude we can't see him making any real impact on the 2010 jockey's title. "With the top stables all committed to various riders Kieren will find it difficult to get the rides that he desires and it will be interesting to see how he will cope traveling the length and breadth of the country in his pursuit of winners. "We think it will be a mission impossible for him and are happy to lay 8-1 that he proves us wrong." However, Fallon isn't concerned that the top jobs are all taken, as he is convinced he will be given ample opportunity to showcase his talents. "[Sir Michael] Stoute and Coolmore and Godolphin have their jockeys, but there are plenty of other great trainers who use the best available," Fallon said. "I think there will be opportunities. I will be back, definitely." And the 43-year-old insists he is in as good a shape as he's ever been, while insisting he will be better than ever in the saddle now free from the pressures of the recent BHA investigation. "I think I can ride, not just as well as I did, but better. I had a lot of pressure on me before. I won the Irish Champion Stakes and Arc on Dylan Thomas in 2007 when my mind wasn't really on the game. "That pressure has gone. For the first time in years everything involving the racing authorities and the police has disappeared. "I have ridden two Breeders' Cup winners in the US and would love to ride here more often. I am really enjoying life." The BHA announced this week that Fallon will not be subject to further disciplinary action and will be eligible to ride in Britain from next September.
