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BEN MELHAM

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Jockey: Ben Melham

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
3 of 11 01 Nov 2025 FLEM ON DISPLAY $25 3UFM OPEN G1 1600m $1,000,000 MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1:34.42
6 of 16 01 Nov 2025 FLEM SAVISANTA $20 3 OPEN G1 2500m $2,000,000 CHRIS WALLER 2:37.28
8 of 11 01 Nov 2025 FLEM HOLYMANZ $17 OPEN G2 1400m $500,000 CIARON MAHER 1:21.62
11 of 13 01 Nov 2025 FLEM STAR PATROL $4 OPEN G3 1200m $240,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:09.20
2 of 12 01 Nov 2025 FLEM TEINE AULELEI $6 3F OPEN G3 1400m $240,000 LUKE OLIVER 1:22.22
4 of 8 01 Nov 2025 FLEM WEST OF SWINDON $4.5 3 OPEN G3 1600m $500,000 CIARON MAHER 1:35.17
4 of 6 26 Oct 2025 SALE STAR VEGA $12 3U OPEN LR 1600m $200,000 ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 1:41.71
4 of 8 26 Oct 2025 SALE ELECTRIC STAR $1.5 3U BM66 1000m $35,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:00.54
4 of 12 26 Oct 2025 SALE SIR ROCKFORD $4.5 3U BM66 2200m $35,000 AARON LAING 2:22.79
3 of 7 26 Oct 2025 SALE REGAL MIGHT $3.2 3U BM70 1200m $40,000 MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1:12.60
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
CHRIS WALLER 5 29.4% 3 47.1% 17 $1,330,250 0 0 1 0 $1.09
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 5 41.7% 3 66.7% 12 $253,425 0 0 0 0 $1.24
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 2 40.0% 2 80.0% 5 $94,700 0 0 0 0 $1.05
CIARON MAHER 1 6.7% 2 20.0% 15 $318,725 0 1 0 0 $0.28
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 1 8.3% 2 25.0% 12 $229,325 0 0 0 0 $0.20
CLINTON MCDONALD 0 0.0% 5 41.7% 12 $194,400 0 0 0 0 -
NICK RYAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $7,350 0 0 0 0 -
LUKE OLIVER 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $48,200 0 0 0 0 -
AARON LAING 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $2,750 0 0 0 0 -
DAN CLARKEN & OOPY MACGILLIVRAY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $9,500 0 0 0 0 -
GAI WATERHOUSE & ADRIAN BOTT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $850 0 0 0 0 -
ADRIAN MCGREGOR 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $4,380 0 0 0 0 -
PETER GELAGOTIS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $2,750 0 0 0 0 -
CRAIG WEEDING 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
LEE & SHANNON HOPE 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $700 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 17.6% 142 39.2% 659 $3,043,842 0 1 2 4 $0.93
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
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 39 25.3% 25 41.6% 154 $2,632,680 0 0 4 3 $0.94
ROBERT SMERDON 36 15.0% 60 40.0% 240 $1,265,745 0 0 0 1 $0.82
CHRIS WALLER 35 16.5% 48 39.2% 212 $3,940,170 0 4 2 0 $0.93
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE 34 24.5% 28 44.6% 139 $5,291,175 1 3 1 0 $1.53
CLINTON MCDONALD 32 20.1% 37 43.4% 159 $2,711,790 0 3 3 3 $0.96
LEE & ANTHONY FREEDMAN 31 23.7% 33 48.9% 131 $1,663,968 0 0 2 2 $1.02
DANNY O'BRIEN 27 10.5% 62 34.8% 256 $1,930,268 0 1 0 0 $0.57
MATTHEW WILLIAMS 20 17.5% 16 31.6% 114 $424,133 0 0 0 0 $1.03
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
2025/26 17 15.6% 22 35.8% 109 $2,707,730 0 1 1 0 $0.48
2024/25 53 16.8% 68 38.4% 315 $8,552,185 1 2 5 6 $0.93
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
Overall 1433 13.6% 2327 22.2% 10505 $98,947,842 22 37 52 51 $0.80