World's top female jockey announces engagement on Valentine’s Day
The number one female jockey in the world, Jamie Kah, has announced her engagement.
Kah, 28, chose Valentine’s Day to declare that she and Ben Melham, another of the leading jockeys in Melbourne, Australia would be getting hitched.
In a post on her Instagram account featuring a photo of the happy couple, she wrote, “Through everything you’ve been by my side from the very start, here’s to forever and always,” alongside a kiss and an emoji of a ring.
Kah has ridden more than 1,200 winners, including nine at Group 1 level, and in 2021 became the first jockey to ride 100 metropolitan winners in Melbourne.
Her career stalled last year when she was seriously injured in an horrific fall during a race at Flemington in March.
She suffered a brain injury, broke several bones and spent a number of days in an induced coma.
She had a long-lasting concussion and was not declared fit to ride again for five months.
Jamie Kah: suffered serious injury and was under investigation during 2023 (Getty Images)While she was recovering, pictures emerged of her racking up lines of white powder. She was charged with conduct prejudicial to the image of racing but it was eventually dismissed by a tribunal in December.
In a statement released after the hearing, she said: "It's been the most challenging and testing year but I'm so relieved that I can put it behind me now and focus on racing and being happy."
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