Jockey
Group 1 · Global season 2026
Ben Melham
3 Group 1 wins as a jockey
Top trainerChris Waller · 2 wins
Top horseStreisand · €740,214
Most Group 1 wins atCaulfield · 3 wins
Biggest Group 1 winBlue Diamond Stakes · €740,214
First Group 1 win of the seasonBlue Diamond Stakes · 21.02.26
Latest Group 1 winUnderwood Stakes · 19.09.26
Prize money€4,785,946
Average prize per win€493,476
Winning horses3
Countries1
Tracks1
Different trainers2
Group 1 prize money by year
2026so far€4.8M1.4 %3 wins · 23 placesBest year so farBest year so far
2025€2.8M0.9 %1 win · 15 places
2024€1.6M0.5 %1 win · 10 places
2023€2.7M1.0 %2 wins · 7 places
2022€902k0.4 %1 win · 8 places
2020€921k0.6 %1 win · 13 places
Prize money earned in all Group 1 placings as a jockey, in euros at the exchange rate of each race day.Share of all Group 1 prize money paid worldwide in that year, comparable although purses keep rising.
Every Group 1 win as a jockey in 2026
| Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes | AUS | Angel Capital | Caulfield | €370,107 | 19.09.26 | |
| Underwood Stakes | AUS | Birdman | Caulfield | €370,107 | 19.09.26 | |
| Blue Diamond Stakes | AUS | Streisand | Caulfield | €740,214 | 21.02.26 |
Behind the wins as a jockey in 2026
2026 Global seasonTracks
1Caulfield3 wins