Ben Melham (born 1988) is an Australian jockey based in
Victoria
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.
From
Ballarat
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Within mo ...
, where he attended
St Patrick's College, Melham began riding professionally in 2003, and reached 100 winners in a season for the first time in 2010/11. He rode his first
Group One
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winner in November 2010 on
Black Caviar
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in the
Patinack Farm Classic at
Flemington; it was also Black Caviar's first Group One victory. As of late March 2025, he has ridden 1,390 winners, including 22 in Group One races.
Melham has three children with his former partner Karlie Dales. In January 2025 he married fellow jockey
Jamie Kah
Jamie Lee Melham (born 7 December 1995) is an Australian jockey. In 2020/21 she became the first jockey to ride 100 winners in a Melbourne Metropolitan racing season. In 2020 and 2021 she was the leading female jockey in the world. In January ...
at Rosemont Stud in
Gnarwarre, Victoria.
References
1988 births
Living people
Australian jockeys
Sportspeople from Ballarat
People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat
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