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SHOW JUMPING · OWNER · RANK 390

Sarah Hughes prize money

£9,402 won from 2 paid rounds across 1 horse between 2018 and 2019, ranked 390 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 Sarah Hughes and split afterwards under a private agreement.

Horses paid
1
Riders paid on them
2
Leading horse
Alcatraz
Leading rider
Cathal Daniels
Paid seasons
2
PRIZE MONEY WON £9k
BIGGEST CHEQUE £5k
PAID ROUNDS 2
WINS 1
TOP THREE 2
MEDIAN ROUND £4,701

The horses paid in Sarah Hughes's name

Prize money won, by horse

1 horse

Horse Studbook Born Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Alcatraz KWPN 2005 2 1 100% £9,402

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.

Sarah Hughes prize money by season

In time order, not sorted

2 seasons

2019 is the best of them, £5,128. 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 Sarah Hughes

Prize money won, by rider

2 riders

Rider Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Cathal Daniels 1 1 54.5% £5,128
Alexander Bragg 1 45.5% £4,274

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

Competition, horse, rider and cheque

2 paid rounds

Place Competition Show Level Horse Rider Prize money
1 Indoor Cross-Country presented by the Tribune de Genève 2019-12-13 CHI Geneva National Alcatraz Cathal Daniels £5,128
2 Indoor Cross-Country presented by Tribune de Genève 2018-12-08 CHI Geneva National Alcatraz Alexander Bragg £4,274

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. Sarah Hughes has won 1 of these outright.

Where Sarah Hughes has been paid

Prize money won, by show

1 show

Show Paid rounds Prize money
CHI Geneva 2 £9,402

The owners either side of Sarah Hughes

Ranked 390 of 6,392, ahead of 93.9% of every owner the sport has paid

20 owners

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Sarah Hughes won?

£9,402 across 2 paid rounds between 2018 and 2019, which ranks 390 of the 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

Which horses does Sarah Hughes own?

1 horse has been paid in Sarah Hughes's name. Alcatraz has won the most of it, £9,402 across 2 rounds, which is 100% of the total.

Who rides for Sarah Hughes?

2 riders have been paid on these horses. Cathal Daniels has won £5,128 of it, 54.5% of the total.

What is Sarah Hughes's biggest prize?

£5,128 for winning the Indoor Cross-Country presented by the Tribune de Genève at CHI Geneva in 2019, with Alcatraz.

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 Sarah Hughes, and the rest of the sport