Kirsty Milczarek wins appeal against two-year corruption ban In crucial new material, Fallon told the hearing in a telephone conference call from Dubai that he had been driving Milczarek, his girlfriend at the time, to meetings in Britain, while he himself was serving a second ban for cocaine abuse. Fallon's version of events, involving an explanation of text messages transmitted between him and Milczarek on their journey to and from the races - it was alleged he was inside a petrol garage when Milczarek texted him from the forecourt - was sufficient to raise doubts over Milczarek's alleged connection with the leading culprits in a case that has been described as the biggest corruption case in BHA history. The case focused on 10 races run between Jan 17 and Aug 15, 2009, and allegedly netted the conspirators about £280,000. Milczarek, 27, was delighted at being cleared, saying: "I've spoken to the boss [Luca Cumani] and he wants me back as soon as possible, but I've been working as a 'nag and nanny" back home in Essex looking after horses and children and I don't want to let the family I've been employed by down. I've been eventing and hunting all winter, but there's reasonably fit and there's racefit and I'll need to ride a good few bits of work before I'm ready to race-ride. It certainly won't be this week, but it won't be long. While Milczarek had her two-year ban quashed and is eligible to resume riding immediately, both Maurice Sines and James Crickmore, the two owners found to have masterminded a corruption plot that enabled them to lay horses in which they were involved, had their appeals dismissed. and will still be forced to serve long periods of disqualification. Because of the Milczarek verdict, Sines and Crickmore each had their ban reduced by a year to 13 years - and Nick Gold, an associate, had his penalty reduced to five years (from seven) to match the ban of his father, Peter, as it was considered their conduct "matched" in levels of seriousness. Paul Scotney, the BHA's director of Integrity Services, said: "The scale and complexity of this case remains unprecedented in the history of the BHA. Consequently ... it was rewarding that the Appeal Board has endorsed the findings of the disciplinary panel regarding the activities of the individuals at the heart of the conspiracy. "Indeed, to quote the Appeal Board, they said 'taken as a whole, the BHA's case against Maurice Sines and James Crickmore was a strong one," adding that '... this conspiracy, and particularly the conduct of Sines and Crickmore struck at the heart of the integrity of racing. It must be made clear to all those who contemplate taking part in this sort of conspiracy, in whatever capacity, that they must expect that the penalties for doing so will be severe.""