Drake Z prize money
£598 won from 8 paid rounds and 0 wins between 2023 and 2026, ranked 2462 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
- ZANG
- Year of birth
- 2018
- Ridden by
- Don Willemsen
- Owner of record
- René Hesselink,Orange Clover
- Paid seasons
- 3
Drake Z prize money by season
In time order, not sorted
A horse's career is a window rather than a climb. 2025 is the best of them, £323, when the horse was 7. 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 Drake Z
Prize money won, by rider
| Rider | Paid rounds | Wins | Span | Share | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Willemsen | 8 | 2023 to 2026 | 100% | £598 |
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 Drake Z has been paid for
Competition, placing and cheque
| Place | Competition | Show | Level | Rider | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Boomkamp Gardens Prijs 2025-06-06 | Jumping Schroder, Tubbergen | CSI2* | Don Willemsen | £171 |
| 3 | Stal Broek Prijs 2023-07-21 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI1* | Don Willemsen | £154 |
| 5 | Drieklomp Prijs 2025-06-11 | Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde | CSI1* | Don Willemsen | £75 |
| 9 | Paardenkliniek Vinkenga Prize 2026-07-16 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI2* | Don Willemsen | £58 |
| 12 | Indapp Prijs 2023-07-22 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI1* | Don Willemsen | £43 |
| 9 | Roelofsen Horse Trucks Prijs 2025-07-11 | CSI Ommen | CSI1* | Don Willemsen | £38 |
| 14 | Van Triest Trucks Prize 2025-07-24 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI2* | Don Willemsen | £38 |
| 13 | Wensink Automotive Prijs 2023-07-20 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI1* | Don Willemsen | £21 |
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 Drake Z has been paid
Prize money won, by show
| Show | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | 5 | £314 |
| Jumping Schroder, Tubbergen | 1 | £171 |
| Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde | 1 | £75 |
| CSI Ommen | 1 | £38 |
Who the cheques were written to
The owners of record on Drake Z's results
| Owner of record | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| René Hesselink,Orange Clover | 5 | £380 |
| Don Willemsen | 3 | £218 |
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 Drake Z
Ranked 2462 of 8,505, ahead of 71.1% of every horse the sport has paid
Frequently asked questions
How much has Drake Z won?
£598 across 8 paid rounds between 2023 and 2026, which ranks 2462 of the 8,505 horses show jumping has paid.
Who rides Drake Z?
Don Willemsen has ridden Drake Z for every paid round of its career, 8 of them between 2023 and 2026.
Who owns Drake Z?
René Hesselink,Orange Clover is the owner of record on most of Drake Z'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 Drake Z's biggest prize?
£171 for finishing 4th in the Boomkamp Gardens Prijs at Jumping Schroder, Tubbergen in 2025.
How old is Drake Z?
Born in 2018, so it was 5 when it was first paid at this level and 8 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 Drake Z 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 Drake Z, and the rest of the sport