Fallon back in action despite fall

Kieren Fallon hopes to be back riding at Leicester today, where he has six booked rides, after he narrowly escaped serious injury…

Kieren Fallon hopes to be back riding at Leicester today, where he has six booked rides, after he narrowly escaped serious injury at the East Midlands track yesterday.

The champion jockey took a crashing fall from Maritima in the EBF Hare Maiden Fillies Stakes (Division Two) and was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary.

However, he was released late last night and, subject to being passed fit by the racecourse doctor, hopes to be in action there today, where he would start off aboard the Queen's Flag Lieutenant in the opening EBF ladbrokes.com Reference Point Maiden Stakes.

Fallon currently trails Frankie Dettori by 13 in the race for the flat jockeys' title but he has vowed to "bat on".

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"I hurt my lower back, shoulder and head, but it's just bruising and I'm fine," Fallon said last night. "I've got rides tomorrow so I'll be there, though I'll have to pass the course doctor.

"My thoughts on the title aren't positive but I am still going to bat on. You never know."