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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
8 of 12 01 Nov 2025 FLEM PRAIRIE FLOWER $15 4UM OPEN G3 1100m $240,000 WILL CLARKEN 1:03.03
9 of 11 01 Nov 2025 FLEM ABOUNDING $16 3UFM OPEN G1 1600m $1,000,000 ROBERT HEATHCOTE 1:34.42
14 of 16 01 Nov 2025 FLEM MCWOODY $40 3 OPEN G1 2500m $2,000,000 MARK WALKER 2:37.28
11 of 11 01 Nov 2025 FLEM COEUR VOLANTE $30 OPEN G2 1400m $500,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1:21.62
8 of 9 01 Nov 2025 FLEM FREEDOM FLAME $8.5 3F OPEN G2 2000m $300,000 ANDREW GLUYAS 2:02.68
6 of 13 01 Nov 2025 FLEM HEDGED $4 OPEN G3 1200m $240,000 GAVIN BEDGGOOD 1:09.20
7 of 12 01 Nov 2025 FLEM LIVE $9 3F OPEN G3 1400m $240,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:22.22
4 of 9 29 Oct 2025 BDGO AHHA AHHA $1.7 3U BM70 1300m $50,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:17.01
2 of 14 29 Oct 2025 BDGO QUIETNESS $2.3 3U OPEN G3 2400m $500,000 JOHN O'SHEA & TOM CHARLTON 2:29.20
8 of 10 29 Oct 2025 BDGO PURE BLISS $13 3U BM78 1100m $75,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1:03.71
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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 2 7.4% 8 37.0% 27 $442,125 0 0 1 0 $0.20
CLINTON MCDONALD 2 28.6% 1 42.9% 7 $145,035 0 0 0 1 $0.76
TONY & CALVIN MCEVOY 2 50.0% 0 50.0% 4 $3,485,750 1 0 1 0 $1.27
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG 1 11.1% 2 33.3% 9 $52,000 0 0 0 0 $0.42
LLOYD KENNEWELL 1 14.3% 2 42.9% 7 $34,310 0 0 0 0 $0.56
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1 20.0% 2 60.0% 5 $94,100 0 0 0 0 $0.62
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $62,800 0 0 0 0 $1.10
AARON LAING 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $19,250 0 0 0 0 $3.30
TOM DABERNIG 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $17,600 0 0 0 0 $1.60
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 5 $76,950 0 0 0 0 -
GAVIN BEDGGOOD 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $26,400 0 0 0 0 -
M, W & J HAWKES 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $6,200 0 0 0 0 -
ANDREW GLUYAS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $9,500 0 0 0 0 -
MARK WALKER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $20,000 0 0 0 0 -
DAN CLARKEN & OOPY MACGILLIVRAY 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $64,500 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 58 24.5% 66 52.3% 237 $5,177,462 1 1 5 5 $0.93
WILL CLARKEN 49 25.7% 46 49.7% 191 $2,258,455 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 35 22.3% 40 47.8% 157 $2,840,620 0 1 2 4 $0.93
CIARON MAHER 30 19.2% 40 44.9% 156 $4,680,210 2 1 2 3 $0.95
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
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 16 12.3% 34 38.5% 130 $5,099,835 1 0 2 1 $0.44
2024/25 61 16.7% 102 44.7% 365 $10,846,013 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 1345 17.4% 2037 26.4% 7708 $99,830,672 18 21 47 47 $0.80