Maher waits on Jameka
CAULFIELD Cup winner Jameka has taken the next step in her preparation by competing in a jumpout but a decision on whether the mare will return to racing is yet to be made.
Jameka had a solo gallop between races at Sandown last Wednesday and stepped out in an 800m jumpout at Caulfield yesterday morning with Mark Zahra aboard.
The rising six-year-old finished fourth in the field of five and is likely to be given a more serious test in an official trial at Cranbourne on August 6.
Trainer Ciaron Maher said a decision on Jameka’s racing future would not be made until after the Cranbourne trial.
Jameka has not raced since her dominant win in the Group 1 The BMW (2400m) during the 2017 Sydney autumn carnival. She suffered travel sickness after that race.
The 2016 Caulfield Cup winner went through the ring at the National Broodmare Sale in May at the Gold Coast where Col McKenna bought out his other partners to retain the mare.