Still shots of recordings of Kah,stablehand Ruby McIntyre andgreyhound trainer Jacob Biddell were published in the media in late June,which pictured Kah using an identification card in her hand to arrange a white powder substance into three lines.
Under the rules of racing,“a person must not engage in conduct prejudicial to the image,interests,integrity,or welfare of racing,whether or not that conduct takes place within a racecourse or elsewhere.”
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Due to a backlog of tribunal cases,the earliest Kah’s case could be heard was October 25,just three days before the Cox Plate and on the same day as the Geelong Cup.
Marwan El-Asmar,representing Racing Victoria stewards,proposed that the hearing could be scheduled for after the spring racing carnival,and after consulting Kah,Stirling agreed for the hearing to be set on Monday,November 13,two days after Champions Day.
The 27-year-old has since returned to riding track work and is free to ride in races leading up to her tribunal hearing on a stay of proceedings,starting with her return to the saddle on Saturday.
It is the first time Kah will have racedsince March 11,when she fell at Flemington in a horrific fall which forced doctors to put her into an induced coma,and left her with bleeding on the brain and several broken bones. She has five rides at Randwick,including the prized ride on group-1 favourite Zaaki in the Winx Stakes.