Fallon is keen to return to race riding after his ban finishes
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Kieren Fallon has failed in his bid to have his worldwide racing ban reduced by French racing authorities.
The six-time champion jockey tested positive for a banned substance at Deauville last August and was given an 18-month suspension in January.
But the 42-year-old Irishman had appealed against the severity of the punishment.
Earlier this week he confirmed he was to link up with former boss Sir Michael Stoute again as a work rider.
Fallon's French agent Herve Naggar said: "The ban has been confirmed after appeal. It is a worldwide ban that finishes on 8 August, 2009."
The Irishman still remains keen to return to riding when the ban comes to an end.
"It would have made a big difference to be able to return to race-riding at the beginning of the season next year, rather than midway through it. But at least the uncertainty is over," he told the Independent newspaper.
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