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SHOW JUMPING · OWNER · RANK 733

Nikki Rutter Giaponne prize money

£4,245 won from 6 paid rounds across 1 horse between 2023 and 2025, ranked 733 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 Nikki Rutter Giaponne and split afterwards under a private agreement.

Horses paid
1
Riders paid on them
2
Leading horse
CATO BOY
Leading rider
Shane Breen
Paid seasons
3
PRIZE MONEY WON £4k
BIGGEST CHEQUE £2k
PAID ROUNDS 6
WINS 0
TOP THREE 0
MEDIAN ROUND £274

The horses paid in Nikki Rutter Giaponne's name

Prize money won, by horse

1 horse

Horse Studbook Born Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
CATO BOY 2014 6 100% £4,245

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.

Nikki Rutter Giaponne prize money by season

In time order, not sorted

3 seasons

2024 is the best of them, £3,667. 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 Nikki Rutter Giaponne

Prize money won, by rider

2 riders

Rider Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Shane Breen 5 99.3% £4,215
Floortje Deckers 1 0.7% £30

None of these figures is a rider's income. The money was written to Nikki Rutter Giaponne 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 Nikki Rutter Giaponne has been paid for

Competition, horse, rider and cheque

6 paid rounds

Place Competition Show Level Horse Rider Prize money
4 Redder Transport Prijs - Big Tour 2024-07-05 CSI Ommen CSI3* CATO BOY Shane Breen £2,410
10 VDL Groep Prijs 2024-11-08 Jumping Indoor Maastricht CSI4* CATO BOY Shane Breen £1,214
9 The Agria Hickstead Master's Trophy 2023-06-24 Hickstead CSI4* CATO BOY Shane Breen £488
11 The Stoner Jewellers Vase 2023-06-22 Hickstead CSI4* CATO BOY Shane Breen £60
13 International Jumping Competition CSI4* 2024-11-07 Jumping Indoor Maastricht CSI4* CATO BOY Shane Breen £43
17 Cirwinn Prijs 2025-08-08 CSI Houten CSI2* CATO BOY Floortje Deckers £30

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.

Where Nikki Rutter Giaponne has been paid

Prize money won, by show

4 shows

Show Paid rounds Prize money
CSI Ommen 1 £2,410
Jumping Indoor Maastricht 2 £1,256
Hickstead 2 £548
CSI Houten 1 £30

The owners either side of Nikki Rutter Giaponne

Ranked 733 of 6,392, ahead of 88.5% of every owner the sport has paid

20 owners

Noëlle Van Der Velde £4,342 Willem Greve Sportpaarden & Team Nijhof £4,342 Barry O'Connor,Elizabeth Phillips £4,318 Infinity Horses £4,313 Gestüt Sprehe £4,297 Rein Family LLC. £4,281 E.A.R.L. Barbizon Horse, Equiblue £4,274 Eyedidit AB (20001696) £4,274 Stall Danora Ab £4,265 Albert De Boer £4,248 Ewald Terhörst £4,233 Unex Competiton Yard £4,231 Equiblue, Eurl Bosty Jump £4,231 Esercito Italiano £4,219 Alex Bishop £4,174 Anja De Boer, Jl Equestrian £4,161 Robert Vos £4,150 Spits Bvba £4,150 Alessandra Reich £4,140 Stall Fulltofta £4,138

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Nikki Rutter Giaponne won?

£4,245 across 6 paid rounds between 2023 and 2025, which ranks 733 of the 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

Which horses does Nikki Rutter Giaponne own?

1 horse has been paid in Nikki Rutter Giaponne's name. CATO BOY has won the most of it, £4,245 across 6 rounds, which is 100% of the total.

Who rides for Nikki Rutter Giaponne?

2 riders have been paid on these horses. Shane Breen has won £4,215 of it, 99.3% of the total.

What is Nikki Rutter Giaponne's biggest prize?

£2,410 for finishing 4th in the Redder Transport Prijs - Big Tour at CSI Ommen in 2024, with CATO BOY.

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 Nikki Rutter Giaponne, and the rest of the sport

Owners either side on the money list

Nikki Rutter Giaponne's horses

Riders, shows and seasons

The rest of the section