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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
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
1 of 10 20 Nov 2024 CHTH NOVA LIGHTS $3.5 BM70 1200m $50,000 A & S FREEDMAN 1:09.37
11 of 13 16 Nov 2024 CAUL GEEGEES MISTRUTH $13 3F OPEN G1 1600m $1,500,000 STUART GANDY 1:39.23
1 of 16 16 Nov 2024 CAUL JASMIN ROUGE $26 3F OPEN G3 1200m $200,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:11.32
4 of 11 16 Nov 2024 CAUL HELIX $5.5 BM74 1100m $80,000 CLINTON MCDONALD 1:05.91
6 of 13 16 Nov 2024 CAUL SIR ROCKFORD $26 BM74 1700m $130,000 AARON LAING 1:45.28
9 of 14 09 Nov 2024 FLEM SHESALLSHENANIGANS $8.0 3U BM80 1100m $151,825 SIMON ZAHRA 1:04.53
5 of 11 09 Nov 2024 FLEM ARAPAHO $67 3U OPEN G1 2000m $3,010,325 BJORN BAKER 2:01.86
11 of 11 09 Nov 2024 FLEM PRIDE OF JENNI $4.5 3U OPEN G1 1600m $3,005,325 CIARON MAHER 1:36.02
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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
CLINTON MCDONALD 6 33.3% 2 44.4% 18 $609,750 0 0 2 1 $3.06
A & S FREEDMAN 3 60.0% 1 80.0% 5 $297,500 0 0 0 0 $4.84
CIARON MAHER 2 15.4% 0 15.4% 13 $422,275 0 1 1 0 $1.42
JAMES CUMMINGS 2 18.2% 4 54.5% 11 $1,305,125 0 0 0 0 $1.15
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 $375,000 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 -
GREG EURELL 0 0.0% 3 75.0% 4 $17,580 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 -
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $15,775 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 -
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 23 18.5% 29 41.9% 124 $1,956,965 0 2 3 3 $1.03
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 17 16.2% 18 33.3% 105 $3,404,005 0 1 3 2 $1.23
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 1380 13.5% 2255 22.1% 10186 $91,091,932 21 35 49 47 $0.80