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JAMIE MELHAM

  • Australia

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)
First Group Win (G1):
HARLEM (09 Mar 2019)

JAMIE MELHAM's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
5 of 10 27 Dec 2025 CRAN OTAGO $6 3U BM78 1600m $130,000 MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1:35.74
1 of 8 27 Dec 2025 CRAN MERIDIUS $19 3U BM84 1200m $130,000 LLOYD KENNEWELL 1:10.92
3 of 9 27 Dec 2025 CRAN OUR CHIEF $5 3 BM70 1400m $150,000 DANNY O'BRIEN 1:22.34
2 of 8 27 Dec 2025 CRAN CHERGUI $11 34 OPEN 1200m $175,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1:10.63
1 of 10 27 Dec 2025 CRAN GUEST HOUSE $0.85 2 OPEN 1000m $150,000 MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 0:58.03
5 of 12 27 Dec 2025 CRAN AHHA AHHA $3.6 BM70 1500m $80,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:28.72
1 of 10 27 Dec 2025 CRAN MISS PLAYLOUNGE $4.5 3UFM BM74 1600m $130,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:35.25
4 of 13 26 Dec 2025 SANL MATAWAI $6 3U BM70 1400m $65,000 MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1:23.55
5 of 10 26 Dec 2025 SANL PRECIOUS CHARM $6 OPEN LR 1600m $175,750 SYMON WILDE 1:36.23
5 of 9 26 Dec 2025 SANL A LITTLE DEEP $10 OPEN LR 1200m $200,750 CIARON MAHER 1:10.48

Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
TONY & CALVIN MCEVOY 3 60.0% 1 80.0% 5 $8,017,250 2 0 1 0 $2.82
CLINTON MCDONALD 2 22.2% 2 44.4% 9 $122,485 0 0 0 0 $0.83
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 2 22.2% 3 55.6% 9 $780,100 0 0 0 0 $0.34
LLOYD KENNEWELL 2 28.6% 2 57.1% 7 $109,680 0 0 0 0 $3.41
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 1 20.0% 0 20.0% 5 $74,300 0 0 0 0 $0.66
MATTHEW WILLIAMS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $35,750 0 0 0 0 $10.00
BRAD WIDDUP 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $180,000 0 1 0 0 $17.00
PETER SNOWDEN 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $122,295 0 0 0 1 $7.00
CIARON MAHER 0 0.0% 5 29.4% 17 $281,450 0 0 0 0 -
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 0 0.0% 3 33.3% 9 $225,050 0 0 0 0 -
GAVIN BEDGGOOD 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4 $30,650 0 0 0 0 -
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $7,325 0 0 0 0 -
ANDREW GLUYAS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $22,000 0 0 0 0 -
JOHN O'SHEA & TOM CHARLTON 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $94,000 0 0 0 0 -
JOHN KEYS 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $40,000 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 60 24.7% 68 52.7% 243 $5,893,522 1 1 5 5 $0.92
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 22.0% 40 47.2% 159 $2,852,120 0 1 2 4 $0.91
CIARON MAHER 30 18.9% 40 44.0% 159 $4,760,210 2 1 2 3 $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
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 24 13.9% 47 41.0% 173 $11,404,755 2 1 2 2 $0.75
2024/25 61 16.7% 102 44.7% 365 $10,844,394 3 1 3 6 $0.76
2023/24 71 15.6% 114 40.7% 454 $14,419,954 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 1353 17.5% 2050 26.4% 7751 $106,149,761 19 22 47 48 $0.80