Kieren Fallon: I never got a buzz out of riding; I saw it as part of my job

Kieren Fallon rides out on Newmarket Heath six mornings a week. His day’s work is done soon after 10am, after which he retreats to the anonymity of his home in the town. Evidence of the trappings of his success are nowhere to be seen.

Fallon could pass for anyone but a six-time champion jockey. In considering him today, it is tempting to ask the question once posed of George Best by the room-service waiter who delivered yet more champagne to Best’s hotel room in the early hours as he lay sprawled on his bed with two women.

“Where did it all go wrong, Kieren?”