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SHOW JUMPING · OWNER · RANK 285

Tilly Shaw prize money

£13,315 won from 6 paid rounds across 3 horses between 2022 and 2026, ranked 285 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 Tilly Shaw and split afterwards under a private agreement.

Horses paid
3
Riders paid on them
2
Leading horse
Equine America Spacecake
Leading rider
Ellen Whitaker
Paid seasons
4
PRIZE MONEY WON £13k
BIGGEST CHEQUE £7k
PAID ROUNDS 6
WINS 0
TOP THREE 2
MEDIAN ROUND £1,567

The horses paid in Tilly Shaw's name

Prize money won, by horse

3 horses

Horse Studbook Born Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Equine America Spacecake OS 2012 3 76.4% £10,172
CORDESSIA Z ZANG 2014 2 20% £2,662
KORLENSKI 1 3.6% £482

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.

Tilly Shaw prize money by season

In time order, not sorted

4 seasons

2022 is the best of them, £10,172. 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 Tilly Shaw

Prize money won, by rider

2 riders

Rider Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Ellen Whitaker 5 83.6% £11,136
Guy Williams 1 16.4% £2,179

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

Competition, horse, rider and cheque

6 paid rounds

Place Competition Show Level Horse Rider Prize money
2 VDL Groep Prijs 2022-11-04 Jumping Indoor Maastricht CSI4* Equine America Spacecake Ellen Whitaker £6,838
4 Thistledown Cup 2022-10-07 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Equine America Spacecake Ellen Whitaker £2,380
3 International Showjumping – Ripon Select Foods Puissance 2025-10-11 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* CORDESSIA Z Guy Williams £2,179
9 JCB Leading Showjumper of the Year 2022-10-09 Horse of the Year Show CSI3* Equine America Spacecake Ellen Whitaker £954
10 The Hickstead Master's Trophy 2024-06-22 Hickstead CSI4* KORLENSKI Ellen Whitaker £482
9 The Agria Derby Trial 2026-06-19 Hickstead CSI4* CORDESSIA Z Ellen Whitaker £482

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 Tilly Shaw has been paid

Prize money won, by show

3 shows

Show Paid rounds Prize money
Jumping Indoor Maastricht 1 £6,838
Horse of the Year Show 3 £5,513
Hickstead 2 £964

The owners either side of Tilly Shaw

Ranked 285 of 6,392, ahead of 95.5% of every owner the sport has paid

20 owners

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Tilly Shaw won?

£13,315 across 6 paid rounds between 2022 and 2026, which ranks 285 of the 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

Which horses does Tilly Shaw own?

3 horses have been paid in Tilly Shaw's name. Equine America Spacecake has won the most of it, £10,172 across 3 rounds, which is 76.4% of the total.

Who rides for Tilly Shaw?

2 riders have been paid on these horses. Ellen Whitaker has won £11,136 of it, 83.6% of the total.

What is Tilly Shaw's biggest prize?

£6,838 for finishing 2nd in the VDL Groep Prijs at Jumping Indoor Maastricht in 2022, with Equine America Spacecake.

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 Tilly Shaw, and the rest of the sport