Hero prize money
£14,593 won from 18 paid rounds and 1 win between 2021 and 2024, ranked 239 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
- WESTF
- Year of birth
- 2012
- Ridden by
- Gaj Riossa
- Owner of record
- Oosterlaar Horses Import & Export , Van Geel-Schröder (20001246)
- Paid seasons
- 4
Hero 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, £13,531, when the horse was 10. 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 Hero
Prize money won, by rider
| Rider | Paid rounds | Wins | Span | Share | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaj Riossa | 4 | 2022 to 2023 | 41.2% | £6,014 | |
| Frank Schuttert | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 37.3% | £5,449 |
| Mart Ijland | 5 | 2022 | 18.5% | £2,706 | |
| Diego Ramos Maneiro | 3 | 2023 to 2024 | 2.2% | £321 | |
| Manon Van der Sluis | 4 | 2021 to 2022 | 0.6% | £91 | |
| Izabelle Stolth | 1 | 2023 | 0.1% | £13 |
6 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 Hero 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. Hero has won 1 of these outright.
Where Hero has been paid
Prize money won, by show
| Show | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde | 1 | £5,449 |
| CSI Ommen | 4 | £4,160 |
| Jumping Indoor Maastricht | 3 | £2,179 |
| CSI Exloo | 5 | £1,526 |
| CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde | 4 | £766 |
| CSI Houten | 1 | £513 |
Who the cheques were written to
The owners of record on Hero's results
| Owner of record | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Oosterlaar Horses Import & Export , Van Geel-Schröder (20001246) | 1 | £5,449 |
| Emil Spadone , Stal Hendrix (20000075) | 2 | £3,462 |
| Emil Spadone, Stal Hendrix | 2 | £2,552 |
| Oosterlaar Horses Import & Export , Van Geel-Schröder (200 | 2 | £1,462 |
| Oosterlaar Horses Import &Amp; Export B.V.,Van Geel-Schröder B.V. | 4 | £1,266 |
| Bic Horses S.L. | 2 | £299 |
| Warner Van der Sluis | 4 | £91 |
| Ulrika Stolth | 1 | £13 |
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 Hero
Ranked 239 of 8,505, ahead of 97.2% of every horse the sport has paid
Frequently asked questions
How much has Hero won?
£14,593 across 18 paid rounds between 2021 and 2024, which ranks 239 of the 8,505 horses show jumping has paid.
Who rides Hero?
6 riders have been paid on Hero. Gaj Riossa has won the most on it, £6,014 across 4 rounds, which is 41.2% of the horse's total.
Who owns Hero?
Oosterlaar Horses Import & Export , Van Geel-Schröder (20001246) is the owner of record on most of Hero'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 Hero's biggest prize?
£5,449 for winning the Roelofsen Horse Trucks Prize at Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde in 2022.
How old is Hero?
Born in 2012, so it was 9 when it was first paid at this level and 12 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 Hero 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 Hero, and the rest of the sport