Fallon free to return next September Kieren Fallon looks set to return to the saddle in September 2009 after the British Horseracing Authority announced it had concluded its investigation into laying activity on 27 races which took place in 2003 and 2004. The six-times champion jockey will also not face any further action from the British Horseracing Authority in relation to last year's Old Bailey trial, which ended in Fallon and five others being found not guilty of all charges. Fallon is currently serving a worldwide suspension having tested positive for cocaine in France, but it is anticipated that he will be back in saddle when that ban ceases in 10 months' time. In a statement the BHA said Fallon 'accepted that his attitude to inside information has in the past been reckless conceding that he has been too free with such information and careless about whom he passed it to.' It added that Fallon has also committed 'to accept a rigorous regime to ensure he is and remains both drug free, and compliant with Rules of Racing regarding the use of inside information.' The authority also noted that any penalty from the Bennett investigation would be unlikely to extend Fallon's current suspension, and that he was also banned between July 2006 and December 2007 in relation to the collapsed Old Bailey investigation. Fallon, who is currently in the United States, will have to appear before a licensing panel of the BHA before resuming his right to ride.
