Son of Kieren Fallon triumphs in his second Group One rideFallon Jr: ‘My dad’s very proud and helped me a lot this year’Cieren Fallon’s father had been riding for nearly 10 years by the time he won his first Group One race, in May 1997. The son of Kieren, the six-time champion, is setting a brisker pace. In his third season with a licence and still officially an apprentice, Fallon Jr took the July Cup aboard Oxted here on Saturday with the assurance of a rider with many years’ experience under his belt. No one could have guessed it was his second Group One ride.
Oxted has provided the 21-year-old with the biggest win of his career on three occasions: in the Portland Handicap at Doncaster last September and then in the Group Three Abernant Stakes at Newmarket before Saturday’s breakthrough at the highest level.