JACK HUDSON

FORMER Trinity College student Jamie Kah was one of the feel good stories of the Melbourne Cup, as she on Prince of Arran, ran third in the race that stops the nation.

The 24-year-old, who has a place on Trinity College’s sporting wall of fame at STARplex, has been in tremendous form throughout the current season, with 38 wins, and places in 41.1 per cent of her 202 races.

Kah came home strong on Prince of Arran, but was unable to push past Jye McNeil on Twilight Payment and Kerrin McEvoy on Tiger Moth.

Prior to last week’s race, Angaston trainer Tony McEvoy said he has high hopes for Kah and suggested she may become ‘the best we’ve ever seen’.

“She was kicking a lot of goals and I was just loving watching her ride, so we approached her and things just developed from there – she became my go-to jockey here with first choice on all my rides,” he told The Bunyip last week.
“Even in the early days you could see she ticked some pivotal boxes – my horses that usually only have enough speed to sit midfield would be in the first three or four with Jamie because she just had tremendous timing out of the gates.
“Also her decision making processes through the race come so natural – she never interferes with the horse at all, she just guides them, and makes sure they’re in their action and breathing correctly – this is a game of economics, and she is as economical in the run as you could ask for.”