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SHOW JUMPING · OWNER · RANK 477

Hank Melse prize money

£7,542 won from 11 paid rounds across 4 horses between 2021 and 2022, ranked 477 of 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

This is money received rather than money a rider took home. The sport awards a money prize to the owner or lessee of the horse, so the figure above is what was written to Hank Melse and split afterwards under a private agreement.

Horses paid
4
Riders paid on them
1
Leading horse
Bridgetown Z
Leading rider
Remco Been
Paid seasons
2
PRIZE MONEY WON £8k
BIGGEST CHEQUE £5k
PAID ROUNDS 11
WINS 2
TOP THREE 4
MEDIAN ROUND £188

The horses paid in Hank Melse's name

Prize money won, by horse

4 horses

Horse Studbook Born Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Bridgetown Z ZANG 2012 5 1 87.6% £6,604
Balou van het Molenhof Z ZANG 2009 3 1 9.4% £708
Las Vegas RHEIN 2011 1 2.2% £167
Jasper KWPN 2014 2 0.8% £63
Bridgetown Z £6,604 Balou van het Molenhof Z £708 Las Vegas £167
Jasper £63

Prize money is not what an owner's balance sheet runs on, and a string this size makes the point: the entry fees, the transport, the stabling and the rider's monthly fee all come out before any of this does. The return on a show jumper is what it sells for, and the winnings are the advertisement.

Hank Melse prize money by season

In time order, not sorted

2 seasons

2022 is the best of them, £6,842. An owner's season moves with whichever horse is sound, and a year that falls away is usually one good horse out of work rather than a smaller string.

Who rode for Hank Melse

Prize money won, by rider

1 rider

Rider Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Remco Been 11 2 100% £7,542

None of these figures is a rider's income. The money was written to Hank Melse and the rider's share of it is a private agreement, usually a percentage on top of a monthly fee for keeping the horse in work.

Every round Hank Melse has been paid for

Competition, horse, rider and cheque

11 paid rounds

Place Competition Show Level Horse Rider Prize money
1 Stoeterij Sterrehof Prijs 2022-06-17 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI3* Bridgetown Z Remco Been £5,313
11 Rabobank Grand Prix van de Provincie Gelderland 2022-12-04 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI2* Bridgetown Z Remco Been £625
2 Provincie Overijssel Prize 2022-07-07 CSI Ommen CSI3* Bridgetown Z Remco Been £500
1 Rikkert Afbouw Groep Prize 2021-06-04 CSI Outdoor Wierden CSI2* Balou van het Molenhof Z Remco Been £313
4 Plegt-Vos Prize 2021-06-03 CSI Outdoor Wierden CSI2* Balou van het Molenhof Z Remco Been £208
3 Jumping de Achterhoek Prize 2022-12-02 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI2* Balou van het Molenhof Z Remco Been £188
4 Handelshuis Schuttert Prize 2021-06-04 CSI Outdoor Wierden CSI2* Las Vegas Remco Been £167
14 BPV Belastingadviseurs & Coral Reef Ranch Prize 2022-07-09 CSI Ommen CSI3* Bridgetown Z Remco Been £83
14 Roelofsen Horse Trucks Prize 2022-12-02 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI2* Bridgetown Z Remco Been £83
6 Double M Stables Prize 2022-12-01 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI1* Jasper Remco Been £50
15 Roelofsen Horse Trucks Grand Prix 2021-06-06 CSI Outdoor Wierden CSI1* Jasper Remco Been £13

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. Hank Melse has won 2 of these outright.

Where Hank Melse has been paid

Prize money won, by show

3 shows

Show Paid rounds Prize money
Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde 5 £6,259
CSI Outdoor Wierden 4 £700
CSI Ommen 2 £583

The owners either side of Hank Melse

Ranked 477 of 6,392, ahead of 92.5% of every owner the sport has paid

20 owners

Bravo Hughes £7,721 Fred Lodewijk,Sander Geerink Sporthorses Bv £7,703 Old Oak Group £7,671 Nybor Pferde GmbH & Co KG £7,600 Karen Polle £7,598 Sportpferde Detlef Kaiser £7,583 Qin Yu Pang £7,571 Georgina Ellis £7,565 K&R Horses BVBA, Carlos Eduardo Mota Ribas £7,548 Cees Klaver,Michael Greeve Sportpaarden £7,544 Nina Piasecki £7,517 Rütimann Werner & Schwizer Pius £7,500 Sunset Stables Ab £7,500 Hetzel Horses £7,500 Lill Sporthorses Gmbh £7,499 Van der Aa Sporthorses £7,443 Marcel Smits £7,402 Ott Andreas £7,360 Ilan Ferder £7,354 Heathcroft Farm (20004755), Stall Zet (20000176) £7,335

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Hank Melse won?

£7,542 across 11 paid rounds between 2021 and 2022, which ranks 477 of the 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

Which horses does Hank Melse own?

4 horses have been paid in Hank Melse's name. Bridgetown Z has won the most of it, £6,604 across 5 rounds, which is 87.6% of the total.

Who rides for Hank Melse?

1 rider has been paid on these horses. Remco Been has won £7,542 of it, 100% of the total.

What is Hank Melse's biggest prize?

£5,313 for winning the Stoeterij Sterrehof Prijs at Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde in 2022, with Bridgetown Z.

Why does the owner get the money and not the rider?

Because the sport writes it that way. A money prize in equestrian sport is awarded to the owner or lessee of the horse, and the athlete is paid out of it under a private agreement rather than by the show. The reasoning is that the horse is the entrant and the expense: the entry fee, the transport, the stabling and the groom are all the owner’s bill, and the prize money is the return on it.

Where to next

The owners around Hank Melse, and the rest of the sport

Owners either side on the money list

Hank Melse's horses

Riders, shows and seasons

The rest of the section