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The Life alleged that the three of them had cheated the public by deliberately not trying to win a race, the Swaffham Handicap at Newmarket in 1995. Their horse, called Top Cees, finished fifth when 5-1 favourite.
Three weeks later, Top Cees won the Chester Cup by five lengths at 8-1. The day after, The Sporting Life published a piece accusing the three of cheating.
The Ramsdens and Mr Fallon sued, claiming they had suffered a "savage verbal onslaught". Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), which owns the Life, argued that the item, by leading writer Alastair Down, was justified and fair comment on a scandal which was a matter of public interest.
The jury of seven men and five women took nearly five hours to reach its decision to award Mrs Ramsden £75,000, Mr Fallon £70,000 and Mr Ramsden £50,000.
MGN now faces a legal bill estimated to be up to £500,000.
Crucial evidence of TV commentator
The case turned on the evidence of Channel 4 racing pundit Derek Thompson.
Mr Thompson was subpoenaed by the Sporting Life to recount a conversation he said he had with Mr Fallon at a pub after the Newmarket race. He claimed the jockey had confided that Mr Ramsden, a well-known gambler, had told him to stop Top Cees winning.
Mr Thompson told the court: "I was asking `What happened with Top Cees this afternoon as I thought he would win' and Kieran's words were `Yes, I thought the horse would win as well but when I got into the paddock Jack told me to stop it'."
But in his summing up, Mr Justice Morland warned the jury to treat the evidence "with caution". He said: "You have to be satisfied that his account of the conversation is truthful and accurate and that what [Fallon] said amounted to a confession."
The judge reminded the jury that Mr Thompson had earlier given the defence a statement that was "inconsistent" with his later evidence. In his first statement, Mr Thompson claimed that Mr Fallon said Mr Ramsden told him: "We have missed the price [odds]. Today is not the day."
The judge said this inconsistency might cause the jury to doubt the reliability of Mr Thompson's evidence.
Mr Fallon was recalled to the witness box to denounce Mr Thompson's claim as "a lie", insisting that neither Mr Ramsden nor his wife had ever asked him to stop a horse. He maintained that he could not find a gap to make a run in the Swaffham because, with the benefit of hindsight, he had waited too long.
The Newmarket stewards had accepted his explanation and the Jockey Club had decided not to reopen the enquiry.
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