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SHOW JUMPING · OWNER · RANK 380

M.J.Smits prize money

£9,566 won from 6 paid rounds across 2 horses between 2021 and 2023, ranked 380 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 M.J.Smits and split afterwards under a private agreement.

Horses paid
2
Riders paid on them
2
Leading horse
Fiarabo
Leading rider
Tom Schellekens
Paid seasons
3
PRIZE MONEY WON £10k
BIGGEST CHEQUE £6k
PAID ROUNDS 6
WINS 1
TOP THREE 2
MEDIAN ROUND £699

The horses paid in M.J.Smits's name

Prize money won, by horse

2 horses

Horse Studbook Born Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Fiarabo KWPN 2010 4 1 93.4% £8,934
Greenday KWPN 2011 2 6.6% £632

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.

M.J.Smits prize money by season

In time order, not sorted

3 seasons

2022 is the best of them, £8,553. 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 M.J.Smits

Prize money won, by rider

2 riders

Rider Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Tom Schellekens 4 1 93.4% £8,934
Aniek Diks 2 6.6% £632

None of these figures is a rider's income. The money was written to M.J.Smits 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 M.J.Smits has been paid for

Competition, horse, rider and cheque

6 paid rounds

Place Competition Show Level Horse Rider Prize money
1 Rabobank Grand Prix van de Provincie Gelderland 2022-12-04 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI2* Fiarabo Tom Schellekens £6,410
6 VDL Stud Prijs 2022-01-07 CSI Exloo CSI2* Fiarabo Tom Schellekens £1,199
2 Roelofsen Horse Trucks Prize 2022-12-01 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI2* Fiarabo Tom Schellekens £855
12 Kuipers Logistics & Lodewijk Assurantiën Grand Prix van de Provincie Drenthe 2021-09-04 CSI Exloo CSI2* Greenday Aniek Diks £543
6 Manestream Horse Transport Prijs 2023-06-15 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI3* Fiarabo Tom Schellekens £470
5 Jumping de Achterhoek Prize 2022-12-02 Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde CSI2* Greenday Aniek Diks £90

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. M.J.Smits has won 1 of these outright.

Where M.J.Smits has been paid

Prize money won, by show

2 shows

Show Paid rounds Prize money
Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde 4 £7,825
CSI Exloo 2 £1,741

The owners either side of M.J.Smits

Ranked 380 of 6,392, ahead of 94.1% of every owner the sport has paid

20 owners

Coco Fath, Hillside Farm LLC £9,776 Marlene Edwards £9,771 P. Raijmakers Paarden B.V., Van Schijndel Promotion BV £9,770 Daniel Aguiar Morelli £9,709 Esm Equestrian £9,693 Geert Moerings , M E A A Moerings (10167717) £9,683 Stall Gullik As , The Billy Stud (20000690) £9,658 Amar Hélène £9,615 Cees de Boer, Jos Meuleman, Danny Schaper £9,582 Guy Williams (10007572) £9,570 Egbert Schep £9,540 Heathcroft Stud £9,527 Alexander Bragg £9,521 H.K. Van Doorn £9,494 Frank Schuttert,Martijn Frencken,Jorn Van den Heuvel £9,486 John Chadwick £9,427 Elmgestüt Drei Eichen Gmbh £9,426 Ehinger, Rolf £9,422 Gestüt Lewitz, Yeguada Valbanera S.L. £9,407 Sarah Hughes £9,402

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has M.J.Smits won?

£9,566 across 6 paid rounds between 2021 and 2023, which ranks 380 of the 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

Which horses does M.J.Smits own?

2 horses have been paid in M.J.Smits's name. Fiarabo has won the most of it, £8,934 across 4 rounds, which is 93.4% of the total.

Who rides for M.J.Smits?

2 riders have been paid on these horses. Tom Schellekens has won £8,934 of it, 93.4% of the total.

What is M.J.Smits's biggest prize?

£6,410 for winning the Rabobank Grand Prix van de Provincie Gelderland at Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde in 2022, with Fiarabo.

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 M.J.Smits, and the rest of the sport

Owners either side on the money list

M.J.Smits's horses

Riders, shows and seasons

The rest of the section