by Graham Green
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KIEREN FALLON is still awaiting a hearing before the French racing authorities following his failed drugs testlast August.
There was speculation on Monday that the six-time champion jockey, whose B-test sample confirmed the original positive test for a banned substance, reported to be cocaine, after Myboycharlie's win in the Group 1 Darley Prix Morny at Deauville on August 19, was attending an inquiry in Paris. However, this was last night denied by a spokesman for France Galop.
Christopher Stewart-Moore, Fallon's solicitor, was informed last month that the medical commission of France Galop planned to meet in January to consider the case. However, it is not thought a date has been confirmed.
Fallon, who was recently acquitted along with five others of conspiracy to defraud Betfair customers by a jury at the Old Bailey, served a six-month suspension imposed by France Galop for testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine in June 2006.
If suggestions are correct that Fallon's B-sample, taken after Myboycharlie's success, reveals the presence of pure cocaine, rather than the metabolites that would normally be expected in such a finding, Fallon's lawyers may opt to mount a legal challenge.