Curtain comes down on the Fallon show as he battles depression
Former champion will not race-ride again
The curtain has been brought down on the Kieren Fallon show, with the surprise final act of an indelible tour de force his admission to hospital for severe depression.
The 51-year-old will not race-ride again after Turf Club medical officer Dr Adrian McGoldrick revealed to the Racing Post that the six-time British champion jockey will be admitted to hospital as soon as a bed becomes available in one of Ireland's psychiatric units, possibly St Patrick's University Hospital in Dublin, to treat an illness which has been affecting him for up to three years.
From winning the Derby on Oath, Kris Kin and North Light, to the extraordinary race-fixing saga at the Old Bailey, to winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Hurricane Run and Dylan Thomas, to an 18-month ban for cocaine use, Fallon's career was a rollercoaster of epic proportions.
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