Cieren Fallon strikes for Qatar Racing at Newmarket

Fallon strikes for Qatar Racing

Cieren Fallon got his first winner in the Qatar Racing silks since his appointment as number two jockey to Oisin Murphy at Newmarket on Saturday.

Announced as the second jockey to Sheikh Fahad last week, Fallon wasted no time in making the most of the opportunity by striking on Lost In Space.

The 20-year-old landed the Close Brothers Motor Finance Nursery Handicap aboard the grey son of Dark Angel who battled hard to overcome the 5/4 favourite Zoffarelli.

The rider told Racing TV: “I’m delighted, it’s an honour to be approached by Sheikh Fahad and the team – they’ve shown a lot of faith in me.

“It’s just my second ride for them and I’ve got a win under my belt.

“There’s a lot of pressure in any race, you want to perform at the highest level all the time, but when you get retained by a specific owner, they have faith in you so you want to repay that.”

Of the winner, he added: “He’s by Dark Angel so there were no real worries about the ground. He moved well down to the start and has a lovely action.

“When I gave him a squeeze, he tanked up the hill and he’s actually won pretty comfortably in the end.

“On that performance today, he’s proved he can go on any ground and he’s very versatile, hopefully there’s more to come.”