WINSLOW training export Ciaron Maher took time out to acknowledge the riding deeds of top jockey Jamie Kah after she guided Red Santa to victory at Caulfield on Saturday.
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Kah became the first jockey in Victoria earlier in the day to ride 100 winners in a season when she was successful on Deep Speed.
Red Santa gave Kah her 101st metropolitan winner for the 2020-21 season when the galloper got up to defeat Flossing by half-a-head with Swindon Lass back in third place in the $135,000 victory.
Maher, who trains in partnership with David Eustace, said the stable was proud to have given some of Kah's 101 winners for the season, which concludes on July 31.
"It's a remarkable performance by Jamie," Maher told The Standard. "The stable is very proud to have assisted Jamie in her record-breaking season.
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"It was a beautiful ride by Jamie - as she so often does she found a passage through the field when there appeared to be none.
"Jamie is a great judge of the pace in a race. Horses just go for her. She's a top jockey and her effort to ride over 100 wins in a season on metropolitan tracks is outstanding."
Kah had to survive a protest from the second placed jockey Craig Newitt on Flossing for interference at the 50-metre mark before she had her 101st win but Maher was undeterred with the protest.
"I never thought there was any need for concern," he said.
"Red Santa had been up at our Sydney stable and I've got to give credit to our staff there. I think there's a lot of upside to Red Santa.
"He's won two of his eight starts and I'm confident he'll win a few more in his career."
Red Santa took his stake earnings to more then $130,000 with the win.
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