Contagious prize money
£44,589 won from 2 paid rounds and 0 wins between 2022 and 2023, ranked 73 of 8,505 horses show jumping has paid.
The money is the horse's because the sport says it is. A money prize in equestrian sport is awarded to the owner of the horse rather than to the rider, so a horse carries a career total here in the way a racehorse does, and the rider's share of it is a private agreement that is never published.
- Studbook
- DSP (ZWEIB)
- Year of birth
- 2009
- Ridden by
- McLain Ward
- Owner of record
- Beechwood Stables LLC
- Paid seasons
- 2
Contagious prize money by season
In time order, not sorted
A horse's career is a window rather than a climb. 2022 is the best of them, £43,240, when the horse was 13. A season that falls away is usually a horse being rested or managed rather than a horse in decline, and the gap between two good years is the most ordinary thing on this chart.
Who has been paid on Contagious
Prize money won, by rider
| Rider | Paid rounds | Wins | Span | Share | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLain Ward | 2 | 2022 to 2023 | 100% | £44,589 |
One rider for the whole of it, which is the ordinary case: a top horse and its rider are a partnership built over years, and a change of rider usually means a sale.
Every round Contagious has been paid for
Competition, placing and cheque
| Place | Competition | Show | Level | Rider | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 21st Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final 2022-12-09 | CHI Geneva | CSI5* | McLain Ward | £43,240 |
| 8 | Audi Prize 2023 | The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch | CSI5* | McLain Ward | £1,349 |
Every figure is converted to sterling so the rounds can be added up: show jumping pays in the currency of wherever it is run, euros across most of the calendar, sterling at the British shows and Swiss francs at Geneva.
Where Contagious has been paid
Prize money won, by show
| Show | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| CHI Geneva | 1 | £43,240 |
| The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch | 1 | £1,349 |
Who the cheques were written to
The owners of record on Contagious's results
| Owner of record | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Beechwood Stables LLC | 2 | £44,589 |
More than one name here is not a dispute. The owner of record is whoever was registered with the horse on the day the class was jumped, so a sale, a new syndicate member or a change of stable name all show up as a second row.
The horses either side of Contagious
Ranked 73 of 8,505, ahead of 99.1% of every horse the sport has paid
Frequently asked questions
How much has Contagious won?
£44,589 across 2 paid rounds between 2022 and 2023, which ranks 73 of the 8,505 horses show jumping has paid.
Who rides Contagious?
McLain Ward has ridden Contagious for every paid round of its career, 2 of them between 2022 and 2023.
Who owns Contagious?
Beechwood Stables LLC is the owner of record on every of Contagious's paid results, which is who the prize money is written to. An owner of record can be a person, a syndicate or a stable, and where the rider's own name appears they own the horse and keep the whole cheque.
What is Contagious's biggest prize?
£43,240 for finishing 4th in the 21st Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final at CHI Geneva in 2022.
How old is Contagious?
Born in 2009, so it was 13 when it was first paid at this level and 14 at its most recent result. A show jumper rarely reaches a five-star Grand Prix before eight and is rarely still in one after sixteen.
What is Contagious worth?
Nothing on this page is a sale price. A Grand Prix horse changes hands privately and the figure is never published, and the winnings are usually a fraction of what the horse cost. What is here is what the animal was paid in the ring.
Where to next
The horses around Contagious, and the rest of the sport