Ben Melham

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

From Ballarat, where he attended St Patrick's College,^[1] 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.^[2] As of early July 2025, he has ridden 1,409 winners, including 22 in Group One races.^[3]

Melham has three children with his former partner Karlie Dales.^[4] In January 2025 he married fellow jockey Jamie Kah at Rosemont Stud in Gnarwarre, Victoria.^[5]