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BEN MELHAM

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Jockey: Ben Melham

Beginning his career in 2003, Ben Melham was apprenticed to Darren Weir and then Hall Of Fame trainer Lee Freedman.
Rising through the Victorian jockey ranks over the years, it was in 2010/11 that Ben Melham first rode over 100 winners for the season.
In that same year, Melham claimed his first Group 1 win aboard champion mare Black Caviar in the Patinack Farm Classic which was also the first of many Group 1 victories for her.
In 2017 Ben Melham took out one of the biggest races in the country when winning the Group 1 Golden Slipper on She Will Reign, producing a daring ride to win the feature race.

First Runner  21 Sep 2003
Rocket Fuel (Aus)  
Mildura (Vic)  |  Mildura Grand Hotel Mdn Plte
First Win  18 Oct 2003
She's Millie (Aus)
Avoca (Vic)  |  Mdn Plte (2)
Best Horse :
BLACK CAVIAR  (Timeform Rating 136)
BEL ESPRIT (AUS)  HELSINGE (AUS)  [By DESERT SUN (GB)]
First Group Win (G1):
BLACK CAVIAR  (06 Nov 2010)
BEL ESPRIT (AUS)  HELSINGE (AUS)  [By DESERT SUN (GB)]

BEN MELHAM's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
7 of 12 05 Oct 2024 FLEM JOHNNY ROCKER $8.5 3U OPEN G2 1200m $300,000 NICK RYAN 1:10.31
8 of 16 05 Oct 2024 FLEM PLACE DU CARROUSEL $17 4U OPEN G1 2000m $755,325 A & S FREEDMAN 2:02.62
2 of 13 05 Oct 2024 FLEM POINT KING $5.5 OPEN G3 2520m $505,325 A & S FREEDMAN 2:41.02
5 of 10 05 Oct 2024 FLEM IT'SOURTIME $8.0 4U OPEN LR 1400m $176,725 DANNY O'BRIEN 1:23.14
6 of 10 05 Oct 2024 FLEM SAVAGERY VIBE $13 3 OPEN G2 1100m $304,425 NICK RYAN 1:04.54
5 of 10 05 Oct 2024 FLEM LAVALIER $9.0 3 OPEN LR 1800m $176,925 JAMES CUMMINGS 1:49.68
2 of 10 28 Sep 2024 RHIL TRAFFIC WARDEN $6.5 3 OPEN G1 1400m $1,023,300 JAMES CUMMINGS 1:22.69
13 of 17 28 Sep 2024 RHIL PREMISE $151 3U BM88 1400m $160,000 JOHN O'SHEA & TOM CHARLTON 1:22.79
10 of 12 27 Sep 2024 M V JOHNNY ROCKER $26 3U OPEN G1 1200m $2,015,000 NICK RYAN 1:09.91
2 of 11 27 Sep 2024 M V GEEGEES MISTRUTH $4.5 3F OPEN G3 1200m $201,000 STUART GANDY 1:10.41
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
CLINTON MCDONALD 4 26.7% 1 33.3% 15 $358,200 0 0 1 1 $1.43
JAMES CUMMINGS 3 27.3% 3 54.5% 11 $2,266,750 1 0 0 0 $1.35
GREG EURELL 3 27.3% 5 72.7% 11 $96,005 0 0 0 0 $1.09
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1 10.0% 2 30.0% 10 $50,235 0 0 0 0 $0.23
GAVIN BEDGGOOD 1 20.0% 1 40.0% 5 $37,650 0 0 0 0 $1.00
CHRIS WALLER 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $30,250 0 0 0 0 $2.75
AARON LAING 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $14,850 0 0 0 0 $3.40
CIARON MAHER 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $111,050 0 0 0 0 -
PETER GELAGOTIS 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 5 $6,940 0 0 0 0 -
NICK RYAN 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $23,700 0 0 0 0 -
DANNY O'BRIEN 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $9,960 0 0 0 0 -
A & S FREEDMAN 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $105,000 0 0 0 0 -
CHARLOTTE LITTLEFIELD 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2 $8,460 0 0 0 0 -
STUART GANDY 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2 $72,000 0 0 0 0 -
MATTHEW SMITH 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $47,000 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
JASON WARREN 116 17.8% 141 39.4% 652 $3,027,542 0 1 2 4 $0.94
DARREN WEIR 101 12.8% 191 37.0% 790 $3,390,204 2 1 1 2 $0.60
MATT LAURIE 94 18.8% 110 40.7% 501 $3,893,473 1 0 4 3 $1.04
LEE FREEDMAN 54 17.9% 83 45.5% 301 $1,692,329 0 1 0 2 $0.83
PETER G MOODY 42 17.5% 63 43.8% 240 $3,463,040 4 2 2 1 $0.95
ROBERT SMERDON 36 15.0% 60 40.0% 240 $1,265,745 0 0 0 1 $0.82
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE 34 24.5% 28 44.6% 139 $5,291,175 1 3 1 0 $1.53
LEE & ANTHONY FREEDMAN 31 23.7% 33 48.9% 131 $1,663,968 0 0 2 2 $1.02
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 28 22.8% 19 38.2% 123 $2,093,130 0 0 4 2 $0.93
DANNY O'BRIEN 27 10.6% 62 34.9% 255 $1,929,268 0 1 0 0 $0.57
CHRIS WALLER 27 15.4% 39 37.7% 175 $2,283,570 0 4 1 0 $0.94
CLINTON MCDONALD 21 18.1% 27 41.4% 116 $1,690,815 0 2 2 3 $0.81
MATTHEW WILLIAMS 20 17.7% 16 31.9% 113 $420,633 0 0 0 0 $1.04
DAVID BRIDEOAKE 19 17.3% 30 44.5% 110 $862,541 0 0 1 1 $1.11
ANDREW NOBLET 19 17.4% 21 36.7% 109 $563,546 0 0 0 0 $1.13

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 8 15.1% 12 37.7% 53 $912,255 0 0 1 1 $0.67
2023/24 34 15.8% 53 40.5% 215 $9,666,470 2 2 2 2 $0.80
2022/23 65 15.2% 94 37.2% 427 $10,342,140 2 3 6 6 $0.77
2021/22 21 25.6% 17 46.3% 82 $1,116,150 0 1 0 0 $1.23
2020/21 44 17.1% 61 40.9% 257 $4,863,750 0 2 7 2 $1.02
2019/20 76 16.0% 113 39.8% 475 $6,488,382 1 3 3 3 $0.81
2018/19 58 17.6% 79 41.5% 330 $6,495,185 1 7 4 2 $1.15
2017/18 60 13.2% 96 34.4% 454 $6,701,819 2 3 3 4 $0.73
2016/17 45 11.7% 76 31.5% 384 $7,390,040 3 5 2 1 $0.95
2015/16 73 14.3% 135 40.7% 511 $4,981,351 1 0 4 3 $0.79
Overall 1371 13.5% 2249 22.2% 10134 $88,600,182 21 34 47 46 $0.80