Kieren and Cieren: very similar, very different, both champions

Lee Mottershead spends a morning in Newmarket with a proud father and his son

Kieren and Cieren Fallon, one a former six-time champion jockey, one the current champion apprentice

Kieren and Cieren Fallon, one a former jockey, a six-time champion, one the current champion apprenticeCredit: Edward Whitaker

The Fallons are at home, father and son, chalk and cheese, kindred spirits.

Kieren Fallon, the flawed genius whose career in the saddle could hardly have been more turbulent, answers the door and shows us inside. Cieren Fallon, the recently crowned champion apprentice who sat on a horse for the first time aged 17, is upstairs preparing to be captured on camera.

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Published on 26 October 2019inFeatures

Last updated 16:54, 26 October 2019

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