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| Jockey 'lost huge lead' in race | Jockey 'lost huge lead' in race |
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| Jockey Kieren Fallon came second in a race he should have won "at a canter", a trial at the Old Bailey was told. | Jockey Kieren Fallon came second in a race he should have won "at a canter", a trial at the Old Bailey was told. |
| Jonathan Caplan QC, prosecuting, said the champion jockey seemed to stop riding Ballinger Ridge as he entered the home stretch with a huge lead. | Jonathan Caplan QC, prosecuting, said the champion jockey seemed to stop riding Ballinger Ridge as he entered the home stretch with a huge lead. |
| A ruling body later found he made an error of judgement in the race at Lingfield in March 2004. | |
| Six defendants deny conspiracy to defraud customers of the internet betting exchange Betfair. | Six defendants deny conspiracy to defraud customers of the internet betting exchange Betfair. |
| Fallon told a stewards' inquiry into the race that he had given the horse "a breather", the court was told, and was afraid the animal would become "legless" if he kept up the pace. | |
| The Jockey Club was not aware of the full picture at the time, Mr Caplan told the court, who also said that an expert for the prosecution had since found the ride to be "not a marginal case of a jockey dropping his hands". | |
| The prosecutor told the jury: "He notes that passing the two-furlong marker Ballinger Ridge was five or six lengths in front. | |
| "But Fallon then dramatically slows his momentum to the point where he is doing virtually nothing. | |
| "Prior to the one-furlong marker Fallon turns and looks back. The other runners are four to five lengths behind. | |
| "Fallon eases the horse down, which would send the message to the horse that the race was over." |