Jamie Kah

Jamie Lee Kah (born 7 December 1995)[1] is an Australian jockey. In October 2020 she was the world’s top-ranked female jockey.

Life and career

Jamie Kah’s parents John and Karen are former speed skaters who represented Australia at the Winter Olympics.[2] 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.[2][3] She began her riding apprenticeship in 2011, rode her first race in March 2012 at Streaky Bay, and rode her first winner at Clare in April 2012.[4]

In her first full season, 2012/13, Kah won the Adelaide Jockeys' Premiership.[4] 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.[4]

In October 2020 Kah was ranked the leading female jockey in the world, and 77th jockey overall.[5] At the conclusion of the 2020 Melbourne Cup Carnival she had ridden 915 winners, including three Group One winners.[6]

Kah and her partner Clayton Douglas,[7] a fellow jockey and trainer, have a property on the Mornington Peninsula, where she retrains retired racehorses.[2]

References
  1. Dorries, Ben (8 December 2017). "How Jamie Kah rediscovered her racing passion". Racenet. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. Schlink, Leo. "From pony club to a Cup dream: Kah's meteoric rise". Racenet. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. Sexton, Mike (27 March 2014). "Winning ways: Young jockey Jamie Kah". ABC. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. "Jamie Kah". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. Smith, Chris (22 October 2020). "It's the Hollie, Jamie and Emma-Jayne show". Thoroughbred Racing Commentary. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. "Jamie Kah". Racing.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. "Clayton Douglas". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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