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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
4 of 6 01 Oct 2025 SANH CLIMB THE LADDER $7.5 4 BM66 1300m $50,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:17.74
6 of 7 28 Sep 2025 MORN THE MAP $6 OPEN LR 2415m $175,000 DAN CLARKEN & OOPY MACGILLIVRAY 2:34.24
7 of 10 28 Sep 2025 MORN AMMO $6 3U MDN 1200m $55,000 MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1:11.18
11 of 12 27 Sep 2025 SANH STRAWBERRY ROCK $80 OPEN 1800m $150,000 CIARON MAHER 1:47.68
6 of 11 27 Sep 2025 SANH MATING CALL $15 3F OPEN G2 1400m $302,500 DAN CLARKEN & OOPY MACGILLIVRAY 1:23.59
7 of 7 27 Sep 2025 SANH FERMOY $3.6 3CG QLTY 1400m $150,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:23.33
4 of 6 26 Sep 2025 M V TOM KITTEN $6.5 OPEN G2 1600m $500,000 ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 1:35.88
1 of 9 26 Sep 2025 M V WEST OF SWINDON $3.2 3 OPEN G2 1600m $300,000 CIARON MAHER 1:37.15
1 of 12 25 Sep 2025 GEEL BANKNOTE HUSTLER $0.95 3U MDN 1240m $42,500 MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1:12.50
2 of 13 25 Sep 2025 GEEL SAVISANTA $1.8 3U MDN 1440m $42,500 CHRIS WALLER 1:26.57
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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
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 6 60.0% 0 60.0% 10 $157,575 0 0 0 0 $1.66
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN 5 35.7% 3 57.1% 14 $263,095 0 0 1 0 $1.10
CHRIS WALLER 3 25.0% 2 41.7% 12 $319,475 0 0 1 0 $1.07
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 2 13.3% 4 40.0% 15 $142,700 0 0 0 0 $0.29
CIARON MAHER 1 10.0% 2 30.0% 10 $247,950 0 1 0 0 $0.42
NICK RYAN 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $35,150 0 0 0 0 -
GAI WATERHOUSE & ADRIAN BOTT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $3,850 0 0 0 0 -
ADRIAN MCGREGOR 0 0.0% 2 66.7% 3 $8,970 0 0 0 0 -
CLINTON MCDONALD 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $55,850 0 0 0 0 -
PETER GELAGOTIS 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $11,750 0 0 0 0 -
DAN CLARKEN & OOPY MACGILLIVRAY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $9,500 0 0 0 0 -
M, W & J HAWKES 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $26,000 0 0 0 0 -
NATHAN MCPHERSON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $2,000 0 0 0 0 -
BILL PAPAZAHAROUDAKIS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $1,000 0 0 0 0 -
ROBERT HEATHCOTE 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 $18,000 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 38 25.3% 22 40.0% 150 $2,488,705 0 0 4 3 $0.92
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
CHRIS WALLER 32 15.8% 47 38.9% 203 $2,840,520 0 4 2 0 $0.92
CLINTON MCDONALD 32 21.5% 33 43.6% 149 $2,572,240 0 3 3 3 $0.99
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 13 18.3% 13 36.6% 71 $1,062,730 0 1 1 0 $0.54
2024/25 53 16.8% 68 38.4% 315 $8,552,185 1 2 5 6 $0.91
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 1429 13.7% 2318 22.1% 10467 $97,302,842 22 37 52 51 $0.80