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Kieren Francis Fallon (born February 22, 1965 in Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland) is a flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times. He is widely regarded as one of the finest flat race jockeys ever.
Keiran Fallon returned from his enforced sabatical on 7th June 2007 with a winner at Tipperary. In 1984 Kieren rode his first winner, Piccadilly Lord, at Navan. He came to England in 1988 to ride for trainer Jimmy FitzGerald his first winner in the United Kingdom coming at Thirsk Racecourse on Evichstar. He is married to ex-jockey Julie Bowker. Kieren has won the Epsom Derby three times; Oath in 1999, Kris Kin in 2003 and North Light in 2004.
Kieren Fallon is currently riding for world-class trainer Aiden O'Brien in Ireland, but is suspended (see below) in the UK, and has been riding trackwork in California.
Fallon is widely considered the best jockey in Europe and among the best in the world; his colleagues have commented on how hard he is to read during a race, and can be relied upon in every race - even at a wet weekday bread-and-butter meeting - to give his horses a ride and to be in the right place at the right time. He also gained much respect in the racing world for overcoming alcoholism and the infamous temper of his earlier career.