Esprit prize money
£3,282 won from 10 paid rounds and 1 win between 2022 and 2023, ranked 900 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
- KWPN
- Year of birth
- 2009
- Ridden by
- Yoni van Santvoort
- Owner of record
- Stal Thijssen
- Paid seasons
- 2
Esprit prize money by season
In time order, not sorted
A horse's career is a window rather than a climb. 2023 is the best of them, £2,094, when the horse was 14. 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 Esprit
Prize money won, by rider
| Rider | Paid rounds | Wins | Span | Share | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoni van Santvoort | 10 | 1 | 2022 to 2023 | 100% | £3,282 |
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 Esprit has been paid for
Competition, placing and cheque
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. Esprit has won 1 of these outright.
Where Esprit has been paid
Prize money won, by show
| Show | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Jumping Indoor Maastricht | 3 | £1,239 |
| CSI Eindhoven | 3 | £1,118 |
| CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | 3 | £855 |
| CSI Exloo | 1 | £71 |
Who the cheques were written to
The owners of record on Esprit's results
| Owner of record | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Stal Thijssen | 7 | £2,043 |
| Stal Thijssen B.V. (20000078) | 3 | £1,239 |
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 Esprit
Ranked 900 of 8,505, ahead of 89.4% of every horse the sport has paid
Frequently asked questions
How much has Esprit won?
£3,282 across 10 paid rounds between 2022 and 2023, which ranks 900 of the 8,505 horses show jumping has paid.
Who rides Esprit?
Yoni van Santvoort has ridden Esprit for every paid round of its career, 10 of them between 2022 and 2023.
Who owns Esprit?
Stal Thijssen is the owner of record on most of Esprit'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 Esprit's biggest prize?
£855 for finishing 2nd in the SEACON LOGISTICS CSI1* GRAND PRIX at CSI Eindhoven in 2022.
How old is Esprit?
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 Esprit 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 Esprit, and the rest of the sport