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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
3 of 13 20 Sep 2025 CAUL KINGS VALLEY $4 BM84 2000m $130,000 CIARON MAHER 2:01.83
1 of 16 20 Sep 2025 CAUL HALF YOURS $1.6 QLTY G3 2000m $200,000 TONY & CALVIN MCEVOY 2:01.12
13 of 15 20 Sep 2025 CAUL ANOTHER WIL $7.5 3U OPEN G1 1400m $1,000,000 CIARON MAHER 1:21.39
7 of 11 20 Sep 2025 CAUL ZARDOZI $14 3U OPEN G1 1800m $1,000,000 CIARON MAHER 1:49.12
9 of 11 20 Sep 2025 CAUL LATHLAIN $6.5 3F OPEN LR 1400m $175,750 TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG 1:22.51
5 of 7 20 Sep 2025 CAUL STAY COSMIC $2.4 3CG OPEN G3 1400m $300,000 PHILLIP STOKES 1:24.52
3 of 9 20 Sep 2025 CAUL EXTRATWO $15 4UM OPEN 1200m $150,000 CIARON MAHER 1:09.90
6 of 9 18 Sep 2025 MORN ZOUROSA $1.9 3U MDN 1000m $42,500 JASON WARREN 0:58.79
2 of 7 18 Sep 2025 MORN ZOUCLAIRE $0.9 3U MDN 1600m $42,500 CIARON MAHER 1:38.65
6 of 11 17 Sep 2025 BDGO ROCK THEM JOOLS $5 3U BM66 1400m $35,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:24.22
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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 3 8.8% 11 41.2% 34 $410,900 0 0 1 0 $0.51
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG 2 22.2% 1 33.3% 9 $77,925 0 0 0 0 $0.81
TONY & CALVIN MCEVOY 2 50.0% 1 75.0% 4 $139,440 0 0 1 0 $1.16
LLOYD KENNEWELL 1 14.3% 1 28.6% 7 $31,430 0 0 0 0 $0.56
DANNY O'BRIEN 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $60,550 0 0 0 0 $1.25
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $32,850 0 0 0 0 $1.03
GAVIN BEDGGOOD 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $84,100 0 0 0 0 $8.00
L & T CORSTENS & W LARKIN 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $90,375 0 0 0 0 $1.15
CLINTON MCDONALD 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $108,600 0 0 0 1 $1.70
TOM DABERNIG 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $17,600 0 0 0 0 $1.60
AARON LAING 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $19,250 0 0 0 0 $3.30
M, W & J HAWKES 0 0.0% 2 40.0% 5 $17,900 0 0 0 0 -
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $8,615 0 0 0 0 -
JASON WARREN 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $5,350 0 0 0 0 -
ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $32,250 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 24.8% 65 52.6% 234 $5,115,362 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 22.1% 40 48.1% 154 $2,777,820 0 1 2 4 $0.92
CIARON MAHER 30 20.3% 39 46.6% 148 $4,563,110 2 1 2 3 $1.00
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 13 14.9% 24 42.5% 87 $1,113,470 0 0 2 1 $0.57
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 1342 17.5% 2027 26.4% 7665 $95,844,307 17 21 47 47 $0.80