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SHOW JUMPING · ANGLO EUROPEAN STUDBOOK · RANK 172

ROYALE TALE prize money

£19,298 won from 12 paid rounds and 5 wins between 2022 and 2025, ranked 172 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
Anglo European Studbook
Year of birth
2015
Ridden by
Mark Edwards
Owner of record
Martyn Edwards
Paid seasons
4
PRIZE MONEY WON £19k
BIGGEST CHEQUE £8k
PAID ROUNDS 12
WINS 5
TOP THREE 7
MEDIAN ROUND £721

ROYALE TALE prize money by season

In time order, not sorted

4 seasons

A horse's career is a window rather than a climb. 2025 is the best of them, £8,947, 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 ROYALE TALE

Prize money won, by rider

1 rider

Rider Paid rounds Wins Span Share Prize money
Mark Edwards 12 5 2022 to 2025 100% £19,298

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 ROYALE TALE has been paid for

Competition, placing and cheque

12 paid rounds

Place Competition Show Level Rider Prize money
1 The Brilliance Horse Auction Speed Derby for the Liz Dudden Trophy 2025-06-21 Hickstead CSI4* Mark Edwards £7,954
1 NAEC Stoneleigh Stakes 2023-10-06 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Mark Edwards £3,300
1 THE EQUINE GIVEAWAYS ROYAL INTERNATIONAL STAKES 2024-07-26 Hickstead CSI5* Mark Edwards £2,265
3 International Showjumping - Speed Horse of the Year 2024-10-13 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Mark Edwards £2,051
6 International Showjumping - Dallamires Stables Cup 2024-10-11 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Mark Edwards £1,085
2 The Astore & Sons Speed Derby Qualifier 2025-06-19 Hickstead CSI4* Mark Edwards £752
1 British Horse Feeds Speedi-Beet Grade C Championship 2022-10-09 Horse of the Year Show National Mark Edwards £690
1 Equitop® Senior Newcomers Championship 2022-10-05 Horse of the Year Show National Mark Edwards £545
11 THE UNEX GROUP SPEED CLASSIC 2024-07-27 Hickstead CSI5* Mark Edwards £241
11 The Agria Derby Trial 2025-06-20 Hickstead CSI4* Mark Edwards £241
11 Speed Horse of the Year 2023-10-08 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Mark Edwards £140
12 International Showjumping - Thistledown Investments Six Bar 2024-10-13 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Mark Edwards £34

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. ROYALE TALE has won 5 of these outright.

Where ROYALE TALE has been paid

Prize money won, by show

2 shows

Show Paid rounds Prize money
Hickstead 5 £11,453
Horse of the Year Show 7 £7,845

Who the cheques were written to

The owners of record on ROYALE TALE's results

2 owners

Owner of record Paid rounds Prize money
Martyn Edwards 10 £15,858
Martyn Edwards (10183756) 2 £3,440

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 ROYALE TALE

Ranked 172 of 8,505, ahead of 98% of every horse the sport has paid

20 horses

Frequently asked questions

How much has ROYALE TALE won?

£19,298 across 12 paid rounds between 2022 and 2025, which ranks 172 of the 8,505 horses show jumping has paid.

Who rides ROYALE TALE?

Mark Edwards has ridden ROYALE TALE for every paid round of its career, 12 of them between 2022 and 2025.

Who owns ROYALE TALE?

Martyn Edwards is the owner of record on most of ROYALE TALE'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 ROYALE TALE's biggest prize?

£7,954 for winning the The Brilliance Horse Auction Speed Derby for the Liz Dudden Trophy at Hickstead in 2025.

How old is ROYALE TALE?

Born in 2015, so it was 7 when it was first paid at this level and 10 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 ROYALE TALE 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 ROYALE TALE, and the rest of the sport