'She is the epitome of riding like a girl, really, she rides beautiful and soft and she gets the best out of her horse by the kind approach.' Jamie Kah will be the only female jockey riding in the Melbourne Cup this year but it's not her gender that's got the punters taking notice..
Sign-up here. The 24-year-old is currently in her racing prime but admits that the Cup experience will not be the same this year due to the absence of crowds because of Covid-19. Jamie Kah will bid to become only the second female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup when she rides Prince Of Arran 10 years after her mother banned her from riding fast horses. Not to worry. Find out about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Copyright in all R&S materials is owned by Racing and Sports Pty Ltd (R&S). Jamie Kah has been dubbed the 'omen' bet for Tuesday's race with Prince of Arran at Flemington racecourse, Not only is the 24-year-old the only female jockey, she will also be starting from barrier one - the same spot Payne raced to victory in 2015 with Prince of Penzance.
She rode minature ponies as a toddler and started riding wild horses at eight - and claims her innate ability with horses are what's gotten her to where she is today. 24-year-old Jamie Kah is expected to lead horse Prince of Arran to victory at this year’s Melbourne Cup. Payne told the ABC. 8,949 Followers, 814 Following, 400 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jamie Kah (@jamieleekah07) Clare Lindop, who was the first Australian female to ride in the Melbourne Cup in 2003, was a senior jockey in South Australia when Kah was only just working her way through the ranks. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. Kah is the daughter of former Olympian speed skaters John and Karen Kah and is from South Australia, growing up around horses before becoming a jockey.
Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy. The 24-year-old became the first apprentice to win the SA jockey premiership in 20 years, then went on to win it three more times. Here’s everything you need to know about Australia’s next big jockey star. Here’s everything you need to know about Australia’s next big jockey star. Kah is the daughter of former Olympian speed skaters John and Karen Kah and is from South Australia, growing up around horses before becoming a jockey, Trainers David and Ben Hayes (right) and Jockey Jamie Kah after claiming victory on Harlem in the Australian Cup at Flemington in 2019. “I got into the sport through riding ponies as a young girl. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Published: 23:07 EST, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 02:54 EST, 2 November 2020. (RAS-WWW02). Learn more. Payne famously became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015, with the triumph-over-adversity story becoming the subject of a movie. All information including race fields and TAB numbers should be checked with an official source. 'I'd say her horse is pretty straightforward and probably could have drawn anywhere between one to 10 and been quite comfortable with the draw. She's always been very natural and riding for a long time. "I probably admire her attitude that she's managed to keep. Prince of Arran finished third in the Melbourne Cup in 2018 and then went on to finish second in 2019. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. But if you have drawn barrier one, you certainly take it.'. I think in the not very many years I've been training, what I've learnt is a jockey with confidence is a very, very dangerous thing. “It is better than being caught out wide and it should be relatively straightforward.”.
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Image: Instagram @jamieleekah.Source:BodyAndSoul. 'Her background has really held her in good stead in the racing industry because you can just see that she is at one with the horse.'. Michelle Payne was watching the Melbourne Cup draw this year on television alongside friends and family, including her brother Stevie who was Prince of Penzance's strapper, and were struck by the coincidences. Not only is she riding a highly-credentialled contender in Prince of Arran, but there are a series of uncanny coincidences to the 2015 Melbourne Cup when her close friend Michelle Payne became the first female rider to win the race. "She's been riding horses for a long, long time and her background competing horses, travelling around the world, was really a great grounding for the competitiveness of racing. Kah and Payne are close friends and have even travelled overseas to America last year.
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Michelle Payne, the first and only female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup back in 2015 riding Prince of Penzance, also speaks highly of Kah. You need someone who is just going to get on the horse and believe they can win and with Prince of Arran, that's incredibly important.”, “… I just got the feeling he would respond well to a female.”. Like what you see? That's held her in good stead. It’s a sport where records are constantly broken by men, but Jamie Kah has the potential to make change at this year’s Melbourne Cup. "She's flying. Or Sign-in with, This site is maintained by Racing and Sports (®) Pty Ltd (ABN 093 360 108) ("R&S"). The daughter of Australian representative Winter Olympic speed skaters, “It wasn’t really the racing side that attracted me,” she said. The 24-year-old is the in-form jockey this spring, having won an impressive 23 per cent of her races over the past three months, those who look for omens to pick the winner on Tuesday will be having a flutter on her. That attitude that she has had held her in good stead.". Can this year's only female jockey win the Cup? Not only is the 24-year-old the only female jockey as Payne was then, she will also be starting from barrier one - the same gate from which Payne guided 100/1 longshot Prince of Penzance to victory, and the horses also share the same regal title.
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