Chief Stipe Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 She might be close to the shortest rider in the Victorian jockey ranks, but recognition for the abilities of apprentice Jaylah Kennedy is growing by the day. Following her breakout season in the saddle, the 23-year-old was crowned this year's Victorian Jockeys' Association Rising Star at Saturday night's Victorian Racing Awards. The Kiwi rider, who has made Victoria her home, said it was extra special to receive the accolade as it was voted on by her fellow jockeys. "It's a massive honour and being peer-voted, it means even more," she said. "I've got a lot of good people around me and a lot of idols that I look up to that I luckily get to work with every day, so I'm forever grateful and hopefully we can keep it going. "I didn't think I was going to get it, I was sitting there about to pick a grape off my table, so it was a big surprise." Kennedy recorded 21 metropolitan Victorian wins last season and 46 in the country, leading her to be named as the top apprentice rider on the Victorian Country Premiership. Apprenticed to Ballarat-based trainer Dan O'Sullivan, Kennedy only had her first ride in early February 2023 and her first win later that month 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzenza365 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Well done on your achievement Jaylah. It is no surprise as she has good Genes, both her parents could ride, It is similar to Sam Collett, with Jim and Trudy, but in my case, my wife of 37 years couldn't ride a bike, she did have a horse but she couldn't get the horse to go out of his paddock, so I with some help from my persuaded did and I could she was totally smitten. The other example is Paul and Leanne Richards, Paul was an excellent rider and Leanne didn't ride, the result was Jamie who had a couple of Amateur rides but was ordinary but became a premiership-winning Trainer, so fortunately Jamie has 70% of his Mothers genes which shows in 2 examples both parents must have ridden to make top Riders.😀 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 1 hour ago, muzenza365 said: it is no surprise as she has good Genes, both her parents could ride, interesting to see how she didn't take up her apprenticeship over that side of ditch, same as young Bates... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 21 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: but recognition for the abilities of apprentice Jaylah Kennedy is growing by the day. All after being knocked back along the way! Never a easy game! The horse don't know the riders breeding Hope she keeps improving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 15 minutes ago, Murray Fish said: All after being knocked back along the way! Never a easy game! The horse don't know the riders breeding Hope she keeps improving She's a very balanced rider and can ride at 52.5. 88 wins and still claims 2kg. That claim will disappear soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 43 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: She's a very balanced ride I asked her Mum who she modelled herself on and she said Neither! ps. I first meet Debbie when she was at the old Trentham Sales, think it might have be 1986, I think she might just started her apprentice, presented friendly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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