Star jockey Jamie Kah has been banned by the Victorian Racing Tribunal for her handling of Let’sfacethemusic in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes last month.
Kah had been accused of failing to ride with sufficient vigour and purpose in the final stages of the race.
On Thursday she was found guilty by the VRT and was hit with a three-week ban starting on September 29.
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Judge Kathryn Kings said the tribunal was “satisfied that between the 175m and approximately 50m mark there was sufficient gap and opportunity” for Kah to ride her mount with “sufficient vigour or purpose to improve” her position in the race.
Racing Victoria steward Corie Waller said it was a “blameworthy ride” from Kah and fell “well short of what would reasonably be expected of a rider in the same position”.
Kah said she was concerned about the control she had on the horse because it had locked it’s jaw.
“Basically when a horse locks it’s jaw it pushes the bit to the back of his mouth. If you go to pull the horse away from heels, he’ll go the other way,” she said.
“You don’t have much control of the horse until the horse puts it’s head down again and relaxes.”
More to come …