- Jamie Kah finished third with Okita Soushi in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday
- The jockey was involved in an awkward television interview on Saturday.
- Earlier this year she announced her engagement to jockey Ben Melham.
Champion jockey Jamie Kah was forced to sit awkwardly during a live television interview on Saturday after images of her ex-fiancé were mistakenly shown on the broadcast instead of her current partner.
The 28-year-old had ridden Okita Soushi to finish third in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup but returned on Saturday to work as a pundit on Channel Nine.
Kah, who has been ranked as one of the best jockeys in the world, sat down with racing presenter Francesca Cumani on the live coverage and proceeded to talk about her fiancé Ben Melham.
Melham had placed fifth in Saturday’s Tab Champions Stakes at Arapaho and ninth in the Shesallshenanigans in the World Horse Racing Grand Handicap.
The couple had announced they were engaged earlier this year, on Valentine’s Day, and Cumani was looking to find out how Melham was feeling ahead of race day.
Jockey Jamie Kah endured an awkward moment on Channel Nine’s live television coverage on Saturday.
Kah is currently engaged to fellow jockey Ben Melham, and the couple announced their engagement on Valentine’s Day this year.
Melham had also ridden Pride Of Jenni in the VRC Champions Mile, and Cumani proceeded to ask Kah about how excited her fiancé was about the “pick-up” ride.
“He’s very excited,” Kah responded, but paused when an image of her ex-fiancé Clayton Douglas and herself appeared on the screen.
“Oh God,” Kah can be heard saying after seeing the image.
The station quickly switched to showing several photographs of her and her new fiancé, Melham, as Kah stammered during the interview.
She continued, “He’s very excited about this, um…”
“He… Look, if she… If she didn’t have a hard time with (Jenni’s Pride) in her last two races, she loves Flemington,” he said as he tried to compose himself after the awkward moment. moment.
She and Douglas split in 2022, following the now infamous AirBnB shutdown scandal.
She had appeared for an interview on Channel Nine’s live coverage in which they showed a photo of her and her former financier Clayton Douglas.
The couple was seen riding hand in hand as Kah showed off her sparkling diamond engagement ring.
Kah and Melham were all smiles earlier in the year when they appeared at the launch of the Melbourne Festival of Racing.
Kah was handed a three-month suspension after attending a wild party hosted at a luxury AirBnB on the Mornington Peninsula. He was also fined $5,452 for his role in the incident.
Last year, Kah was also in the spotlight after suffering a serious fall during a race at Flemington.
She was placed in an induced coma for six days after suffering a brain injury following the fall.
The Australian jockey also received a 10-meeting ban last week. She was penalized for careless driving on Derby Day but was able to compete in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.
