International jockeys Cieren Fallon and Antonio Orani to have Golden Eagle appeals heard later this month

It will be another fortnight before both international riders will have their appeals heard for hefty Golden Eagle sanctions.

Lake Forest (left) won the Golden Eagle with Cieren Fallon aboard. Picture: Jeremy Ng-Getty Images

International jockeys Cieren Fallon and Antonio Orani will have to wait another fortnight to have their appeals heard over massive sanctions picked up in the $10m Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens earlier this month.

Winning jockey Fallon was slapped with a whopping $100,000 fine and a month-long ban while runner-up Orani copped a $30,000 hit and month suspension.

Fallon won the lucrative feature aboard English raider Lake Forest with Orani piloting French galloper Lazzat.

Both horses were involved in protests and caused interference inside the final 100m.

The riders appeals have been set down for November 26.

Setting an appeal date that suits all parties was been made more difficult with Fallon and Orani now back overseas.

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👏 @WilliamHaggas has done it again!

Lake Forest wins the $10 Million Golden Eagle with Cieren Fallon in the saddle!@aus_turf_clubpic.twitter.com/Hr3IR1vG2x

— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) November 2, 2024

Fallon expressed his frustration over the severity of the punishment when talking to the British press last week.

“The (stewards’) hearings are similar to here but at the end they ask if you are guilty or not guilty. Yes, I am guilty of interference but the punishment is way too large – it’s ridiculous, it’s horrendous and I think it’s a bit stupid,” he told the Racing Post.

Fallon’s ride was deemed “grossly careless” at the time by chief steward Steve Railton, who said stewards had considered issuing a more serious charge of reckless riding.

Stewards impose heavy fines in feature races as a deterrent for jockeys, who are informed of rider expectations pre-race.

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Star Sydney jockey Tommy Berry was also fined $10,000 for careless riding when piloting Gringotts to victory in the Big Dance at Royal Randwick earlier this month.

A date for his appeal is still to be set.

■ Group 1 trainer Joe Pride has confirmed he will accept with dual The Everest placegetter Private Eye in both the Group 1 $1m Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield and Group 1 $1m The Hunter at Newcastle.

Pride plans to make a decision on which way the star sprinter goes following acceptances in both races on Wednesday.

Private Eye has been given topweight of 60kg in The Hunter, where he an $8 chance alongside stablemate and last year’s winner Coal Crusher.

Originally published as International jockeys Cieren Fallon and Antonio Orani to have Golden Eagle appeals heard later this month