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SHOW JUMPING · OWNER · RANK 762

James Ingham prize money

£3,930 won from 4 paid rounds across 2 horses between 2022 and 2025, ranked 762 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 James Ingham , who rode the horses as well and kept the lot.

Horses paid
2
Riders paid on them
2
Leading horse
ALTESSE 2 VN Z
Leading rider
James Ingham
Paid seasons
2
PRIZE MONEY WON £4k
BIGGEST CHEQUE £2k
PAID ROUNDS 4
WINS 1
TOP THREE 2
MEDIAN ROUND £925

The horses paid in James Ingham's name

Prize money won, by horse

2 horses

Horse Studbook Born Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
ALTESSE 2 VN Z Zangersheide 2018 2 1 52.9% £2,080
Cruze 2011 2 47.1% £1,850

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.

James Ingham prize money by season

In time order, not sorted

2 seasons

2025 is the best of them, £2,080. 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 James Ingham

Prize money won, by rider

2 riders

Rider Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
James Ingham 2 1 52.9% £2,080
Joseph Trunkfield 2 47.1% £1,850

James Ingham is the owner of record as well as the rider, which is the only arrangement in show jumping where the whole cheque stays in one place.

Every round James Ingham has been paid for

Competition, horse, rider and cheque

4 paid rounds

Place Competition Show Level Horse Rider Prize money
1 Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Championship 2025-10-09 Horse of the Year Show National ALTESSE 2 VN Z James Ingham £1,800
4 Thistledown Investments Six Bar 2022-10-09 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Cruze Joseph Trunkfield £1,400
6 Ripon Select Foods Puissance 2022-10-08 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Cruze Joseph Trunkfield £450
3 Senior Newcomers Championship 2025-10-08 Horse of the Year Show National ALTESSE 2 VN Z James Ingham £280

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. James Ingham has won 1 of these outright.

Where James Ingham has been paid

Prize money won, by show

1 show

Show Paid rounds Prize money
Horse of the Year Show 4 £3,930

The owners either side of James Ingham

Ranked 762 of 6,392, ahead of 88.1% of every owner the sport has paid

20 owners

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has James Ingham won?

£3,930 across 4 paid rounds between 2022 and 2025, which ranks 762 of the 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

Which horses does James Ingham own?

2 horses have been paid in James Ingham's name. ALTESSE 2 VN Z has won the most of it, £2,080 across 2 rounds, which is 52.9% of the total.

Who rides for James Ingham?

James Ingham, who is also the owner of record. That is the one arrangement in the sport where the prize money and the person jumping are the same balance sheet: no share to negotiate and no fee to pay.

What is James Ingham's biggest prize?

£1,800 for winning the Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Championship at Horse of the Year Show in 2025, with ALTESSE 2 VN 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 James Ingham, and the rest of the sport