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Kieren Fallon is the most successful Flat jockey of the modern era. Yet controversy is never far away. He was charged with conspiracy to defraud in July 2006, a charge he strenuously denied. In December 2007 he was cleared, but a day later it was revealed that he had again failed a drugs test while riding in France. But there is a different side to Fallon, a man who never got on a racehorse until he was almost 18 and yet quickly developed a natural rapport with his horses that makes them respond to him like no other jockey. Six times Champion Jockey, a seventh title was taken from his grasp when he had an horrific, career-threatening fall in June 2000. He has won 15 Classics, including the Derby three times.
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ANDREW LONGMORE is the award-winning writer for the Sunday Times, having previously worked for The Times and the Independent on Sunday. He has written several other books, including Best Mate with Henrietta Knight.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The problems of author Andrew Longmore to write this book have been well documented; the book even had to be re-published due to some legal action by Stuart Webster against "his" passage in the book (why the hell he had a problem with the incident being quoted and explained is beyond me to be honest). Andrew Longmore does try hard to create some sort of balanced account of his subject, but as the book is not an authorized work and has been done without any help by Fallon himself, and many of them close to him refused to speak to Longmore as well, the book does suffer big time. It is in fact a sort of collection of things we have read in the press, mixed with some general quotes of trainers and companions, to not use the term "friends". If you want to read a recollection of the good horses Fallon has ridden, and are interested to refresh your general knowledge about the guy, this book is certainly ok. Its well written as such, with a fluent and easy style, and has a nice collection of photos too. If you expect any sort of "inside" information, or indeed any deeper insight into one of the most controversial jockeys of our time, you will be disappointed. Longmore achieved what he could under the circumstances, but he might as well not have bothered at all.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A very good biography, it really exposes his personality and what jockeys have to go through to be at the top of their game.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is all paper quotes!
None of which are book reviews!
WAITING FOR TRUE K. FALLON, WRITTEN BY K. FALLON.
None of which are book reviews!
WAITING FOR TRUE K. FALLON, WRITTEN BY K. FALLON.
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FALLON the Biography by Andrew Longmore
Unfortunately this is a typical shadow biography written by an author that has no real knowledge of Fallon. Read more
Published on 14 May 2010 by Fox, Kent
a truthful life
This appears to tell the truth of a life, good and bad without bias. Both entertaining and exciting.
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Ms. J. I. Smith
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Published on 16 Jan 2010 by Glenville Harrington
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wow!! awesome read!! very insightful a must for any race horse fan recommend to everyone
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by KAT
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