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JAMIE MELHAM

  • Australia

Jockey: JAMIE KAH after, Kentucky Breeze winning the Vrc Recognition Hcp

The daughter of Australian representative Winter Olympic speed skaters, Jamie Kah has become a leading rider initially in Adelaide.

She started her apprenticeship in 2011 with the first winner at Clare in 2012. Kah had notched 40 winners within six months and by the end of her first full season (2012/13) she had won the Adelaide Jockeys' Premiership, the first apprentice to do so in almost 20 years.

Taking some time off over the next few years, she returned to Australia after riding work in England for trainers like Sir Michael Stoute and Jeremy Gask.

Having initially struggled on that return, she then set a record for most wins by a female jockey in an Australian season in 2016/17, ending the campaign with 129 wins.

After winning the Adelaide Jockeys' Premiership for a third time in 2017/18, she moved to Melbourne in January 2019, to further her career and landed her first G1 on Harlem in the Australian Cup at Flemington in March.

First Runner  24 Mar 2012
Miss Fabuleux (Aus)  
Streaky Bay (Sa)  |  Mdn Plate
First Win  07 Apr 2012
Magic Tigress (Aus)
Clare (Sa)  |  F&M Mdn Plate
Best Horse :
NATURE STRIP  (Timeform Rating 131)
NICCONI (AUS)  STRIKELINE (AUS)  [By DESERT SUN (GB)]
First Group Win (G1):
HARLEM  (09 Mar 2019)
CHAMPS ELYSEES (GB)  CASUAL (GB)  [By NAYEF (USA)]

JAMIE MELHAM's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
6 of 13 02 Aug 2025 FLEM VIENNA VIXEN - 4UM BM78 1410m $130,000 CIARON MAHER 1:23.97
2 of 15 02 Aug 2025 FLEM FARHH FLUNG $6 BM84 1620m $130,000 DANNY O'BRIEN 1:36.87
8 of 10 02 Aug 2025 FLEM SHE DANCES $11 OPEN G3 1200m $200,000 CIARON MAHER 1:09.18
1 of 10 02 Aug 2025 FLEM ZOU SENSATION $1.3 BM100 1410m $150,000 L & T CORSTENS & W LARKIN 1:23.89
3 of 12 02 Aug 2025 FLEM MAISY $4.5 BM78 2000m $130,000 M, W & J HAWKES 2:03.25
8 of 10 02 Aug 2025 FLEM DOCUMENTARY $1.2 BM84 1100m $130,000 NICK RYAN 1:03.45
2 of 8 02 Aug 2025 FLEM CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD $7 QLTY 2530m $150,000 KRIS LEES 2:42.32
2 of 5 02 Aug 2025 FLEM HILLIER $8 3 BM70 1410m $150,000 ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 1:24.27
8 of 9 30 Jul 2025 SANH EMPRESS OF THE SUN $3.6 BM74 2400m $50,000 CIARON MAHER 2:33.04
3 of 9 30 Jul 2025 SANH ALERO $7 3 BM70 1400m $50,000 CIARON MAHER 1:24.59
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
CIARON MAHER 7 26.9% 6 50.0% 26 $297,710 0 0 0 0 $0.84
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 2 28.6% 1 42.9% 7 $663,190 1 0 0 0 $1.39
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 2 66.7% 0 66.7% 3 $37,525 0 0 0 0 $3.07
LLOYD KENNEWELL & LUCY YEOMANS 2 66.7% 0 66.7% 3 $59,250 0 0 0 0 $9.00
L & T CORSTENS & W LARKIN 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 2 $165,000 0 0 0 0 $3.55
ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $112,250 0 0 0 0 $1.40
CLINTON MCDONALD 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $84,675 0 0 0 0 $1.27
TONY & CALVIN MCEVOY 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $34,440 0 0 0 0 $0.68
STEPHEN THEODORE 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $76,750 0 0 0 0 $0.87
GAVIN BEDGGOOD 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $87,000 0 0 0 0 $8.00
DAN CLARKEN & OOPY MACGILLIVRAY 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $82,000 0 0 1 0 $1.80
MICK HUXTABLE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $27,500 0 0 0 0 $5.50
JAMES CUMMINGS 0 0.0% 3 60.0% 5 $139,875 0 0 0 0 -
DANNY O'BRIEN 0 0.0% 4 100.0% 4 $54,900 0 0 0 0 -
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG 0 0.0% 2 66.7% 3 $9,750 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
JOHN MACMILLAN 90 17.8% 121 41.7% 506 $1,524,993 0 0 0 1 $0.99
TONY MCEVOY 86 27.3% 98 58.4% 315 $2,619,190 0 0 2 1 $0.92
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 57 24.7% 64 52.4% 231 $5,082,512 1 1 5 5 $0.94
WILL CLARKEN 49 25.8% 46 50.0% 190 $2,253,655 0 1 0 3 $0.91
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE 46 19.8% 57 44.4% 232 $6,039,624 2 2 4 3 $0.66
DARRYL CARRISON 40 27.8% 36 52.8% 144 $460,015 0 0 0 0 $1.08
WAYNE FRANCIS & GLEN KENT 38 21.3% 45 46.6% 178 $890,010 0 0 0 1 $1.17
RYAN BALFOUR 38 25.9% 49 59.2% 147 $1,008,370 0 0 0 0 $1.08
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 34 22.2% 40 48.4% 153 $2,775,220 0 1 2 4 $0.93
MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA 29 16.7% 49 44.8% 174 $2,394,802 0 1 1 1 $0.90
JAMES CUMMINGS 27 15.4% 63 51.4% 175 $8,897,795 2 3 4 3 $0.76
CIARON MAHER 27 22.3% 29 46.3% 121 $4,166,585 2 1 1 3 $1.08
D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG 26 13.2% 52 39.6% 197 $2,674,510 1 1 0 0 $0.70
DAVID JOLLY 26 16.0% 43 42.3% 163 $656,848 0 0 0 1 $0.66
PETER G MOODY 26 29.2% 31 64.0% 89 $2,049,415 0 0 3 0 $0.85

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 1 12.5% 4 62.5% 8 $180,800 0 0 0 0 $0.29
2024/25 61 16.7% 102 44.7% 365 $10,842,624 3 1 3 6 $0.76
2023/24 71 15.6% 114 40.7% 454 $14,404,166 5 7 10 7 $0.71
2022/23 80 19.8% 122 49.9% 405 $14,393,688 3 2 9 3 $0.84
2021/22 90 19.1% 140 48.9% 470 $11,487,765 0 2 5 11 $0.69
2020/21 147 20.9% 184 47.1% 703 $16,226,700 4 8 9 9 $0.93
2019/20 91 14.5% 130 35.2% 627 $6,400,474 1 1 3 2 $0.92
2018/19 137 19.0% 208 47.8% 722 $5,848,909 1 0 3 2 $0.82
2017/18 151 24.0% 188 54.0% 628 $4,931,863 0 0 2 2 $0.83
2016/17 130 19.2% 181 45.9% 678 $3,008,495 0 0 0 2 $0.95
Overall 1330 17.5% 2007 26.5% 7586 $94,908,248 17 21 45 46 $0.90