No jockey has lived life as much in the spotlight as Jamie Kah over the past couple of years. The giddy heights of being Australia’s most successful female jockey have been complemented by life-threatening falls and personal scandals.
The rollercoaster would be enough to keep any athlete below their best, but doubts about Kah’s ability to re-ascend the mountain as one of Australia’s premier jockeys have been dispelled in 77 days of extraordinary riding.
When you consider that she didn’t even get back to the saddle until August, and even then, under the very public spotlight of the investigation into the ‘white powder’ scandal, it is remarkable to think she is back at her very best just nine months later.
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