Excellent prize money
£5,456 won from 9 paid rounds and 0 wins between 2022 and 2024, ranked 610 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
- Willem Verdonk
- Owner of record
- Linda Oomen
- Paid seasons
- 3
Excellent 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, £4,585, 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 Excellent
Prize money won, by rider
| Rider | Paid rounds | Wins | Span | Share | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willem Verdonk | 8 | 2023 to 2024 | 99.6% | £5,435 | |
| Kim Jacobs | 1 | 2022 | 0.4% | £21 |
2 riders, which is less ordinary than it sounds at the top of the sport. A horse changes rider when it is sold, when it is lent for a season, or when a young rider brings it on and a senior one takes it over for the big classes.
Every round Excellent has been paid for
Competition, placing and cheque
| Place | Competition | Show | Level | Rider | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | RR Horsetrucks Prize 2023-09-03 | CSI Exloo | CSI2* | Willem Verdonk | £4,479 |
| 10 | Spruce Meadows Prize - Gold Tour 2024-07-19 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI2* | Willem Verdonk | £482 |
| 6 | Horsefriend Prize - att. time change! 2024-06-27 | CSI Twente, Geesteren | CSI3* | Willem Verdonk | £188 |
| 7 | Van Triest Veevoeders Prize - Gold Tour 2024-07-25 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI2* | Willem Verdonk | £85 |
| 8 | Van Triest Veevoeders Prijs 2023-07-20 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI2* | Willem Verdonk | £64 |
| 8 | 2Join Prijs 2024-01-04 | Indoor Groningen | CSI2* | Willem Verdonk | £51 |
| 15 | Spruce Meadows Prijs 2023-07-21 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI2* | Willem Verdonk | £43 |
| 15 | Spruce Meadows Prize - Gold Tour 2024-07-26 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | CSI2* | Willem Verdonk | £43 |
| 10 | BWG Stables Prize 2022-06-03 | CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | International, no star rating | Kim Jacobs | £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 Excellent has been paid
Prize money won, by show
| Show | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| CSI Exloo | 1 | £4,479 |
| CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | 6 | £738 |
| CSI Twente, Geesteren | 1 | £188 |
| Indoor Groningen | 1 | £51 |
Who the cheques were written to
The owners of record on Excellent's results
| Owner of record | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Linda Oomen | 9 | £5,456 |
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 Excellent
Ranked 610 of 8,505, ahead of 92.8% of every horse the sport has paid
Frequently asked questions
How much has Excellent won?
£5,456 across 9 paid rounds between 2022 and 2024, which ranks 610 of the 8,505 horses show jumping has paid.
Who rides Excellent?
2 riders have been paid on Excellent. Willem Verdonk has won the most on it, £5,435 across 8 rounds, which is 99.6% of the horse's total.
Who owns Excellent?
Linda Oomen is the owner of record on every of Excellent'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 Excellent's biggest prize?
£4,479 for finishing 2nd in the RR Horsetrucks Prize at CSI Exloo in 2023.
How old is Excellent?
Born in 2009, so it was 13 when it was first paid at this level and 15 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 Excellent 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 Excellent, and the rest of the sport