Hong Kong Jockey Club Licensing Committee Decision on Kieren Fallon

The Licensing Committee, at their meeting held this afternoon, decided not to grant a jockey´s licence to Kieren Fallon for the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Race Meeting scheduled to be conducted at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 10 December 2006.

The Licensing Committee was of the view that whilst it was not appropriate for them to comment on Kieren Fallon´s pending criminal proceedings relating to horse racing integrity in the United Kingdom, the decision not to grant him a jockey´s licence was consistent with the Hong Kong Jockey Club´s previous decisions not to permit jockeys who were the subject of law enforcement investigations to ride in Hong Kong pending the outcome of those investigations.