Jockey Jamie Kah was moved to tears — and so was the mother of late jockey Dean Holland — after Kah guided Cylinder to a emotionally charged win in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on Saturday. It was the second successive win in the Group 1 feature handicap over 1200m for the ‘Royal Blue’ colours of Godolphin after In Secret — ridden by Holland — took out the race last year. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Jamie Kah shares special moment with Dean Holland ’s family.
Kah was to have ridden that filly in last year’s race, but a fall in the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes earlier in the day sent the jockey to hospital where she battled concussion and other injuries. The ride went to Holland who gave a faultless display on the filly, but tragically, just over a month later, he died in a race fall at Donald. Kah brought up a race-to-race double for Godolphin aboard Cylinder having taken out the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) on Traffic Warden. And the tears flowed around Flemington. “I thought I was a tough person, but I’m not today,” Kah said. “This is for Dean Hollan
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