Champion jockey Fallon returns to racecourse after race-fixing arrest

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LONDON (AFP) — Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was set to return to the racecourse, a day after being freed on bail by British police investigating allegations of widespread corruption and race fixing.

Fallon was released on bail late Wednesday after being quizzed for 12 hours by detectives probing the suspected fixing of more than 80 horse races over the past two years.

Another 15 people, including jockeys Darren Williams and Fergal Lynch as well as trainer Karl Burke, were also arrested in raids on 19 addresses around the country.

All those arrested had now been given bail and would return to a police station in London two months from now, City of London Police, the force leading the investigation, said.

Fallon, a 39-year-old Irish-born rider who has...