Ben Melham

{{Short description|Australian jockey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2025}}

'''Ben Melham''' (born 1988) is an Australian jockey based in Victoria.

From Ballarat, where he attended St Patrick's College,<ref>{{cite web |title=Old Boys on the News |url=https://www.stpats.vic.edu.au/news/old-boys-in-the-news-december-2019/ |website=St Patrick's College |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> 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 winner in November 2010 on Black Caviar in the Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington; it was also Black Caviar's first Group One victory.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.racingandsports.com.au/thoroughbred/jockey/ben-melham/9606| title = Ben Melham| publisher = Racing and Sports| access-date =23 January 2025}}</ref> As of early July 2025, he has ridden 1,409 winners, including 22 in Group One races.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.racing.com/jockeys/ben-melham/stats| title = Ben Melham| publisher = Racing.com| access-date =6 July 2025}}</ref>

Melham has three children with his former partner Karlie Dales.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodwin |first1=Sam |title=Jamie Kah and Ben Melham engaged|url= https://au.sports.yahoo.com/jamie-kah-ben-melham-engaged-big-announcement-delights-horse-racing-world-204509053.html |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=Yahoo Sport Australia |date=15 February 2024}}</ref> In January 2025 he married fellow jockey Jamie Kah at Rosemont Stud in Gnarwarre, Victoria.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Gilbert |title=First pics from Jamie Kah, Ben Melham's picturesque wedding |url=https://www.racenet.com.au/news/star-jockeys-jamie-kah-and-ben-melham-get-married-at-picturesque-rosemont-homestead-20250119 |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=Racenet |date=20 January 2025}}</ref>

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