Vermento prize money
£76,727 won from 17 paid rounds and 2 wins between 2021 and 2025, ranked 44 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
- BE/SIES
- Year of birth
- 2013
- Ridden by
- Robert Whitaker
- Owner of record
- Brian Stephen Blatchford , Caroline Blatchford
- Paid seasons
- 5
Vermento 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, £59,718, when the horse was 12. 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 Vermento
Prize money won, by rider
| Rider | Paid rounds | Wins | Span | Share | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Whitaker | 17 | 2 | 2021 to 2025 | 100% | £76,727 |
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 Vermento 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. Vermento has won 2 of these outright.
Where Vermento has been paid
Prize money won, by show
| Show | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Hickstead | 7 | £56,555 |
| Horse of the Year Show | 8 | £16,100 |
| CSI Twente, Geesteren | 2 | £4,073 |
Who the cheques were written to
The owners of record on Vermento's results
| Owner of record | Paid rounds | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Stephen Blatchford , Caroline Blatchford | 7 | £62,557 |
| Caroline Blatchford | 6 | £10,525 |
| Caroline Blatchford (10159326) | 2 | £2,823 |
| B S Blatchford, C Blatchford | 1 | £723 |
| John Whitaker | 1 | £100 |
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 Vermento
Ranked 44 of 8,505, ahead of 99.5% of every horse the sport has paid
Frequently asked questions
How much has Vermento won?
£76,727 across 17 paid rounds between 2021 and 2025, which ranks 44 of the 8,505 horses show jumping has paid.
Who rides Vermento?
Robert Whitaker has ridden Vermento for every paid round of its career, 17 of them between 2021 and 2025.
Who owns Vermento?
Brian Stephen Blatchford , Caroline Blatchford is the owner of record on most of Vermento'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 Vermento's biggest prize?
£46,651 for winning the THE AL SHIRA'AA KING GEORGE V GOLD CUP (GRAND PRIX) at Hickstead in 2025.
How old is Vermento?
Born in 2013, so it was 8 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 Vermento 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 Vermento, and the rest of the sport