Jamie Kah is now free to ride on the day that offers more prize money than any other in Australian racing after altering the dates of her suspension handed down by the Victorian Racing Tribunal last week.
Kah was outed for three weeks for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to obtain the best possible finishing position aboard Let’sfacethemusic in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes at Caulfield on August 31.
Kah initially requested the suspension start after this Saturday, but this week applied to have the dates altered.
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“Please be advised that the Tribunal has granted an application by Ms Kah to amend the commencement date of her three-week suspension,” the VRT said in a statement on Wednesday.
“The suspension will now commence at midnight on Friday, 27 September 2024, and conclude on Friday, 18 October 2024, allowing her to ride again from Saturday, 19 October 2024.
“It is noted that this application aligns with the nine-day deferment period.”
Kah is certain to be in demand on October 19 with the $20 million The Everest headlining the Randwick card and the $5 million Group 1 Caulfield Cup to be run in Melbourne.
Kah has the ride on one of the leading fancies in Friday night’s feature race at Moonee Valley, the $2 million Manikato Stakes, to partner Blue Diamond-winning filly Hayasugi.
The hearing into her ride aboard Let’sfacethemusic concluded last week.
She was suspended after judge Kathryn Kings said the tribunal was “satisfied that between the 175m and approximately 50m mark there was sufficient gap and opportunity” for Kah to ride Let’sfacehermusic with “vigour or purpose to improve” her position in the race.
Racing Victoria steward Corie Waller said it was a “blameworthy ride” from Kah and fell “well short of what would reasonably be expected of a rider in the same position”.
The stewards pushed for a six-week ban but the tribunal panel opted for three.
“Disappointing. Very disappointing,” Kah told 7NEWS afterwards, adding that she was “still processing” that the original timeline would rule her out of the Caulfield Cup.
Kah — when explaining her actions to the tribunal — said she was concerned about the control she had on the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained horse because it had locked it’s jaw.
“Basically when a horse locks it’s jaw it pushes the bit to the back of his mouth. If you go to pull the horse away from heels, he’ll go the other way,” she said.
“You don’t have much control of the horse until the horse puts it’s head down again and relaxes.”
Let’sfacethemusic finished fifth in the race behind winner Growing Empire and the second-placed Wonder Boy.
Kah also noted the extremely windy conditions of the day (among the reasons for her reluctance to take any gaps), but it was still thought she had enough room to move between Stay Focused (third) and Band Of Brothers to improve her position near the end.
In his submission, Kah’s counsel Matthew Stirling pointed to the jockey’s experience and the fact that she had been seriously injured in a fall previously.
