Fallon fall drama at Longchamp
Kieren Fallon suffered a nasty fall aboard Vodafone Derby second Eagle Mountain in the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp today.
Aidan O’Brien’s Rock Of Gibraltar colt was sent off the favourite for the Group One contest but only lasted around four furlongs before unseating Fallon.
Eagle Mountain was in behind Sagara but encountered interference with subsequent winner Zambezi Sun, who appeared to veer slightly right into Fallon’s mount.
Fallon was taken off the track on a stretcher wearing a neck-brace.
His fall compounded a testing week for the six-time champion jockey, who on Thursday formally pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud in connection with an alleged plot to fix the results of races.
Although he is still banned from riding in Britain, the 42-year-old has been in fine form since his return from suspension after testing positive for a metabolite of a prohibited substance in France.
Having marked his return from a six-month ban with a winner on his first ride back at Tipperary on June 7, Fallon also landed a Group One race aboard Mountain High in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.
