Jamie Kah Wiki – Jamie Kah Bio
Jamie Kah is an Australian jockey. Since October 2020 she has been the world’s top-ranked female jockey. In 2020/21 she became the first jockey to ride 100 winners in a Melbourne Metropolitan racing season. Jamie Kah’s parents John and Karen are former speed skaters who represented Australia at the Winter Olympics. She grew up in Mount Pleasant in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia, where she began working at a friend’s stables when she was 13. She began her riding apprenticeship in 2011, rode her first race in March 2012 at Streaky Bay, and rode her first winner 14 days later at the Easter Saturday meeting at Clare.
In her first full season, 2012/13, Kah won the Adelaide Jockeys’ Premiership. She won the Premiership for a third time in 2017/18, then moved to Melbourne in January 2019, and won her first Group One race on Harlem in the Australian Cup at Flemington in March.
Jamie Kah Age
Jamie Kah is 27 years old.
Racing world in shock as two of Australia’s top jockeys are rushed to hospital after horrifying mid-race fall
Two of Australia’s leading jockeys have been rushed to hospital after they were caught up in a horror mid-race fall. Jamie Kah and Craig Williams were both badly injured during the running of the Sires Produce Stakes at Flemington in Melbourne on Saturday when Kah’s horse fell and caused Williams’ ride to also go down heavily.
Both horses quickly got back up, but the jockeys remained prostrate on the turf. Kah, who currently leads the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership, suffered head injuries and was unconscious on the track after her mount Flyball clipped the heels of the eventual race winner.
She was ‘speared’ into the turf and left heavily concussed from the fall. The 27-year-old was reportedly going in and out of consciousness immediately after the incident but has been cleared of brain damage, Racenet reported. While cleared of any major damage, she was put under sedation while being observed overnight at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Kah’s partner, fellow jockey Ben Melham, rushed to her hospital bedside after winning the following race.
‘I’m going to put the cue in the rack for the day and just make sure she is all right,’ Melham said. ‘It’s just a reminder of how dangerous the job can be. Right now winners are not important as long as everyone is okay.’ Williams suffered a broken collarbone, broken ribs and a broken finger as well as a concussion and was taken to the Alfred Hospital.
Both Flyball and Williams horse Dubenenko were trodden on by other horses after the fall and suffered superficial injuries but appeared to avoid any major damage.
Victorian Jockeys’ Association boss Matt Hyland described Kah’s fall as ‘pretty severe’. ‘She was unconscious for a period of time but thankfully is conscious now,’ he said. Kah was meant to ride In Secret in the day’s feature race, the Newmarket Handicap, but her unavailability saw her replaced by Dean Holland.
In Secret powered away to win $1.5m Flemington feature. Holland kept the celebrations to a minimum out of respect. ‘The last thing I wanted to do today, win, lose or draw (was carry on). It’s very unfortunate what happened to Jamie and Willo,’ he said. ‘My thoughts go out to them, I was just the lucky one able to ride light today and pick up the ride on one of Australia’s best sprinters.’
Saturday’s dramatic fall was the second in consecutive meetings at Flemington. The latest incident has shaken the close-knit Victorian racing community, especially its riding cohort. It follows Ethan Brown and Mark Zahra’s fall last Saturday. Brown is still in the Royal Melbourne Hospital with internal injuries after his horse Maximillius rolled on top of him. Zahra returned to racing on Saturday and rode three winners on the nine-race card.
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