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Kah lands hometown Group 1 feature

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Coco Sun has provided Jamie Kah along with Tony and Calvin McEvoy a feature Group 1 win in Adelaide.

COCO SUN.
COCO SUN. Picture: Racing Photos

Jamie Kah left Adelaide to set-up her burgeoning career in Melbourne without a Group 1 feature on the mantel piece and was determined to right that wrong. 

After going down narrowly in the Australasian Oaks (2000m) on Coco Sun at Morphettville last week, the pair returned for a tilt at the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) on Saturday. 

The race could not have been scripted more perfectly for Kah who enjoyed the perfect trail in third place behind the leader Air Assault. 

Kah took the Tony and Calvin Mcevoy-trained Coco Sun ($5) to the front turning for home and held off a late charge from Warmonger ($6) to score by 1-¼ length with Air Assault ($26) a further three-quarters-of-a-length away third. 

While Kah has now ridden 13 Group 1 winners on the eastern seaboard, it was one in her former hometown that she harboured most. 

"All that I wanted to do was ride a Group 1 winner in Adelaide in front of Mum and Dad and family and all those that have supported me," Kah said. 

"John (Macmillan) is here, so I've got to thank Johnny. He set me up, got me going and had me stay with Mick Price and got me going there and then I got going with Tony. 

"I had so many years here riding with Tony and so many winners and he looked after me so well, so it's nice to repay him." 

Kah was bullish about the prospects of Coco Sun after riding the filly into third place in the Australasian Oaks (2000m) last week. 

"She finished off last start so well and was a real lion after the line," Kah said. 

"Today she was so tough. She was feeling the pinch, but she was sticking her head out trying her best." 

Tony McEvoy said he was elated at supplying Kah with her first Group 1 winner on home soil. 

They were a formidable team when McEvoy trained out of the Kildalton Park in the Barossa Valley before making the move to Ballarat. 

"Well, I can't thank her enough for what she did for my brand and my stable," McEvoy said. 

"She kept beating me and I thought 'how am I going to change this?' 

"The only way I could do it was to get her on board. Sadly, she out-grew me, which was always going to be the way, but she's been a star forever and I love her." 

Coco Sun was tried over 2500m during the spring, finishing fifth in the Group 1 VRC Oaks at Flemington, but McEvoy said she had now developed into the most gorgeous filly. 

Now McEvoy and his son will ponder whether the filly heads to Brisbane for the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm next month. 

"It's five weeks now to the Queensland Oaks," McEvoy said. 

"In five weeks' time (owner) Terry Jarvis will be looking for some sun out of New Zealand, so if she's well, we'll go to the Oaks." 


Racing and Sports

Morphettville

Saturday, 04th May 2024

8
16:05
(local)

Thomas Farms South Australian Derby (G1)

Age: 3yo Type: OPEN
AUD $1,001,790
2500m TURF GOOD
8
16:05
(local)
AUD $1,001,790
2500m GOOD

Thomas Farms South Australian Derby (G1)

Age: 3yo Type: OPEN


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 15. COCO SUN (AUS) 3yo F
THE AUTUMN SUN (AUS) - MISS HUFFLEPUFF (AUS)
JAMIE KAH
T & C MCEVOY
$5
54.5kg
T W Jarvis

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2nd 7. WARMONGER (NZ) 3yo G
WAR DECREE (USA) - PRINCESS SAPPHIRE (NZ)
DAMIAN LANE
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR
$6
56.5kg
OTI Racing, Balmerino Racing Partnership, Prestige Racing 7, A P Grant, M Neale, Mrs K Neale, J C Slattery, Mrs C M Slattery, YES Bloodstock, T Bleakley, T M Dickson, B B W W S Group, H M M W W Group, J P Spence, L Webb, Ms D McKeown, M P Stone & Mrs A G Stone

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3rd 3. AIR ASSAULT (AUS) 3yo G
JUSTIFY (USA) - ELEGANT EAGLE (NZ)
JASON HOLDER
ANDREW GLUYAS
$26
56.5kg
B H Perks, Ms A M Clough, L J Perks, Mrs E A Perks, T C Waltham, N J Briggs, J C Cooke, O J Cooke, R J Cooke, S J Cooke, C B Taylor, P Tunno, P Moragiannis, G G Tully, L T Williamson, R B Williamson, M S Hughes & The Victorem (Mgr: A J M Mackie)

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4th 1. ANTRIM COAST (NZ) 3yo G
ROC DE CAMBES (NZ) - COASTING (NZ)
MICHAEL DEE
STEPHEN MARSH
$7.5
56.5kg
5th 16. AHURIRI (NZ) 3yo F
ALMANZOR (FR) - MACKENZIE KATE (NZ)
CRAIG WILLIAMS
CHRIS WALLER
$4.8
54.5kg

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6th 12. TULSA KING (AUS) 3yo G
KERMADEC (NZ) - ALQWAH (IRE)
JAKE TOEROEK
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR
$26
56.5kg

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7th 5. GOLD WOLF (NZ) 3yo G
TIVACI (AUS) - GOLD SPICE (NZ)
NEIL FARLEY
D & C FEEK
$31
56.5kg

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8th 4. BOLD SOUL (NZ) 3yo G
EMBELLISH (NZ) - TWIN SOUL (IRE)
JAKE NOONAN
PATRICK PAYNE
$9
56.5kg

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9th 8. OUTOVSTOCK (NZ) 3yo G
TAVISTOCK (NZ) - ORPHEA (AUS)
OPIE BOSSON
CHAD ORMSBY
$15
56.5kg

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10th 13. STEEL BLAZE (AUS) 3yo G
REAL STEEL (JPN) - ALIYANA TILDE (AUS)
DOM TOURNEUR
B M LAZZARINI
$101
56.5kg

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11th 14. WARIALDA WARRIOR (AUS) 3yo G
SAXON WARRIOR (JPN) - ROMANCE WRITER (NZ)
DARRYL MCLELLAN
JOHN RAMSEY
$61
56.5kg

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12th 11. JUST BERRILLIANT (AUS) 3yo G
JUSTIFY (USA) - BERRIMILLA (AUS)
JEFFREY MAUND
RICKY MAUND
$61
56.5kg

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13th 10. SHINJUKU (NZ) 3yo G
TARZINO (NZ) - SINGA SONGA (AUS)
TODD PANNELL
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR
$61
56.5kg

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14th 2. SUNSETS (AUS) 3yo C
DUNDEEL (NZ) - WATERLOO SUNSET (AUS)
JACOB OPPERMAN
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG
$17
56.5kg

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15th 9. A SAMURAI MIND (AUS) 3yo G
SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - MO FEMME (AUS)
LACHLAN NEINDORF
DAN CLARKEN & OOPY MACGILLIVRAY
$26
56.5kg

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16th 6. GLAD YOU THINK SO (AUS) 3yo C
SO YOU THINK (NZ) - GLADWELL (AUS)
BLAKE SHINN
J G SARGENT
$13
56.5kg

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