Champion jockey Jamie Kah is searching for a Melbourne Cup mount after connections of her intended ride in the big race, Point King, notified stewards the horse would not be in the field.
Champion jockey Jamie Kah is searching for a Melbourne Cup mount after connections of her intended ride in the big race, Point King, notified stewards the horse would not be in the field when third acceptances are taken on Monday.Kah rode Melbourne Cup hope The Map in the Geelong Cup, but connections of that horse confirmed on Friday that Sydney hoop Rachel King would ride The Map.
Connections were relieved when Docklands was given the all-clear at 6.40am on Saturday, 50 minutes before the deadline for final scratchings. The OTI-owned import is having its first start in Australia inthe well-fancied Chris Waller runner Via Sistina throwing jockey James McDonald “She was very sharp around there today, cornered well. I couldn’t fault her. In all honesty, it would be an injustice not to run her,” Waller said.
She was passed fit to run by vets during routine tests on Thursday, but will have a further inspection when she arrives at the Valley before the race.
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