Working with horses requires dedication, patience, and a deep understanding of the intelligent animals. Mariah Kaminski’s life is filled with them at every turn, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. A LIFELONG LOVE
BY MICHAEL MANLEY
L ife can take you in different directions and Mariah Kaminski is glad her flirtation with being a beautician at the age of 15 didn’t eventuate. Instead, she headed down the thoroughbred path and she’s more than thankful that she did. As a child Kaminski rode horses but making a career out of working in thoroughbreds wasn’t even in her thought process. “I actually wanted to do beautician work and I left it too late trying to find somewhere to go for my work experience,” Kaminski said. “My sister Elisha was already working as a track rider at Mike Moroney’s and she said come into the stable and do work experience there instead.” Sixteen years later she is completely engulfed in the world of thoroughbred racing, so much so there’s barely enough hours in the day to fulfil her multi-faceted thoroughbred involvement. Kaminski regards being involved in the equine world as a privilege and doesn’t see it as a job. Together with her partner, jockey Jake Noonan, Kaminski runs Stonewood Agistment Farm at Mornington, which they purchased in 2019. She also pre-trains horses for several stables, predominantly Moroney and Tony Noonan. (She currently has Noonan’s old galloper Steel Of Madrid and Von Mystic from Logan McGill’s stables.) She has also returned to working at Moroney’s for a couple of days a week and has five Off The Track horses, of which most compete in equestrian events. And at home, the indefatigable Kaminski also has two young boys with Noonan, Isaac 5 and Bennett 1. Kaminski said she fell in love with thoroughbred racing from
A strapper’s relationship with their horses is a special one, and this is certainly the case for Mariah Kaminski and Emissary. (George Sal/Racing Photos)
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