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Melbourne Cup jockey Jamie Kah hopes for a 'whirlwind' with Prince of Arran on Tuesday
Jamie Kah will be the only female jockey riding in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday but that's not what makes her unique.
She rode miniature ponies as a toddler and broke in wild horses aged 8, and it's her lifelong affinity with the animals that has taken her to the top of the Melbourne Jockey Premiership and to her first Melbourne Cup ride.
Her father John Kah says her innate ability with horses was evident from a young age.
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Article written by: Peter Lusted
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