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BEN MELHAM

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Beginning his career in 2003, Ben Melham was apprenticed to Darren Weir and then Hall Of Fame trainer Lee Freedman.
Rising through the Victorian jockey ranks over the years, it was in 2010/11 that Ben Melham first rode over 100 winners for the season.
In that same year, Melham claimed his first Group 1 win aboard champion mare Black Caviar in the Patinack Farm Classic which was also the first of many Group 1 victories for her.
In 2017 Ben Melham took out one of the biggest races in the country when winning the Group 1 Golden Slipper on She Will Reign, producing a daring ride to win the feature race.

First Runner 21 Sep 2003
Rocket Fuel (Aus)  
Mildura (Vic)  |  Mildura Grand Hotel Mdn Plte
First Win 18 Oct 2003
She's Millie (Aus)
Avoca (Vic)  |  Mdn Plte (2)
Best Horse :
BLACK CAVIAR (Timeform Rating 136)
BEL ESPRIT (AUS)  HELSINGE (AUS)  [By DESERT SUN (GB)]
First Group Win (G1):
BLACK CAVIAR (06 Nov 2010)
BEL ESPRIT (AUS)  HELSINGE (AUS)  [By DESERT SUN (GB)]

BEN MELHAM's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
8 of 9 30 Nov 2024 CAUL TAMERLANE $9.5 OPEN G3 1400m $201,300 JAMES CUMMINGS 1:26.36
2 of 11 30 Nov 2024 CAUL SMOKIN' ROMANS $15 OPEN G2 2400m $751,800 CIARON MAHER 2:33.01
7 of 11 30 Nov 2024 CAUL PISCES $3.5 3 OPEN G2 1600m $301,800 JAMES CUMMINGS 1:41.02
4 of 10 23 Nov 2024 CRAN NUGGET $7.0 QLTY LR 1600m $500,000 CIARON MAHER 1:35.81
5 of 14 23 Nov 2024 CRAN SPACEWALK $26 OPEN 1200m $1,000,000 JAMES CUMMINGS 1:09.71
3 of 10 23 Nov 2024 CRAN TIZ INVINCIBLE $3.8 3UFM OPEN 1400m $150,000 CIARON MAHER 1:23.61
8 of 9 23 Nov 2024 CRAN OVERACTIVE $4.0 BM70 1300m $80,000 A & S FREEDMAN 1:17.65
1 of 6 23 Nov 2024 CRAN REFUSETOBEENGLISH $4.0 3 OPEN 1200m $150,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:10.24
7 of 12 21 Nov 2024 MOE STRUGGLE STREET $11 BM58 1000m $35,000 PETER GELAGOTIS 0:57.87
3 of 10 21 Nov 2024 MOE RUBIKTON $2.9 BM58 1200m $35,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:11.89

Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
CLINTON MCDONALD 7 36.8% 2 47.4% 19 $693,550 0 0 2 1 $2.85
A & S FREEDMAN 3 50.0% 1 66.7% 6 $299,100 0 0 0 0 $4.00
CIARON MAHER 2 14.3% 2 28.6% 14 $591,200 0 1 1 0 $1.32
JAMES CUMMINGS 2 15.4% 3 38.5% 13 $1,261,750 0 0 0 0 $0.98
AARON LAING 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $17,450 0 0 0 0 $1.62
BJORN BAKER 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $377,000 0 0 0 1 $3.50
PETER GELAGOTIS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $3,365 0 0 0 0 -
STUART GANDY 0 0.0% 3 75.0% 4 $99,000 0 0 0 0 -
SYMON WILDE 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $700 0 0 0 0 -
NICK RYAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $12,000 0 0 0 0 -
JOHN O'SHEA & TOM CHARLTON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $7,000 0 0 0 0 -
KRIS LEES 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $45,000 0 0 0 0 -
MATTHEW BROWN 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $12,000 0 0 0 0 -
MATTHEW SMITH 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $27,000 0 0 0 0 -
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $8,275 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
JASON WARREN 116 17.8% 141 39.4% 652 $3,027,542 0 1 2 4 $0.94
DARREN WEIR 101 12.8% 191 37.0% 790 $3,390,204 2 1 1 2 $0.60
MATT LAURIE 94 18.8% 110 40.7% 501 $3,893,473 1 0 4 3 $1.04
LEE FREEDMAN 54 17.9% 83 45.5% 301 $1,692,329 0 1 0 2 $0.83
PETER G MOODY 42 17.5% 63 43.8% 240 $3,463,040 4 2 2 1 $0.95
ROBERT SMERDON 36 15.0% 60 40.0% 240 $1,265,745 0 0 0 1 $0.82
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE 34 24.5% 28 44.6% 139 $5,291,175 1 3 1 0 $1.53
LEE & ANTHONY FREEDMAN 31 23.7% 33 48.9% 131 $1,663,968 0 0 2 2 $1.02
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 28 22.6% 19 37.9% 124 $2,097,505 0 0 4 2 $0.92
DANNY O'BRIEN 27 10.5% 62 34.8% 256 $1,930,268 0 1 0 0 $0.57
CHRIS WALLER 27 15.4% 39 37.7% 175 $2,283,570 0 4 1 0 $0.94
CLINTON MCDONALD 24 19.2% 29 42.4% 125 $2,040,765 0 2 3 3 $1.01
MATTHEW WILLIAMS 20 17.7% 16 31.9% 113 $420,633 0 0 0 0 $1.04
DAVID BRIDEOAKE 19 17.3% 30 44.5% 110 $862,541 0 0 1 1 $1.11
ANDREW NOBLET 19 17.4% 21 36.7% 109 $563,546 0 0 0 0 $1.13

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 18 15.9% 20 33.6% 113 $3,625,430 0 1 3 2 $1.13
2023/24 34 15.8% 53 40.5% 215 $9,666,470 2 2 2 2 $0.79
2022/23 65 15.2% 94 37.2% 427 $10,342,140 2 3 6 6 $0.77
2021/22 21 25.6% 17 46.3% 82 $1,116,150 0 1 0 0 $1.23
2020/21 44 17.1% 61 40.9% 257 $4,863,750 0 2 7 2 $1.02
2019/20 76 16.0% 113 39.8% 475 $6,488,382 1 3 3 3 $0.81
2018/19 58 17.6% 79 41.5% 330 $6,495,185 1 7 4 2 $1.15
2017/18 60 13.2% 96 34.4% 454 $6,701,819 2 3 3 4 $0.73
2016/17 45 11.7% 76 31.5% 384 $7,390,040 3 5 2 1 $0.95
2015/16 73 14.3% 135 40.7% 511 $4,981,351 1 0 4 3 $0.79
Overall 1381 13.5% 2257 22.1% 10194 $91,313,357 21 35 49 47 $0.80