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Horse profile

Rare Middleton (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2024) · Last trainer Sophie Leech · Last owner Bryan Drew And Diana L Whateley
by Aclaim (IRE) out of Blaise Chorus (IRE) (Singspiel)
12 runs · 11 courses · from Sep 2022
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Jul 2024 — 833 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2024 · 3rd of 10 3 wins · Doncaster, Taunton & Leopardstown
KTB Profile

Rare Middleton won three of 12 starts on turf, all on a first visit to the course. Wins came at Leopardstown in Oct 2022 over 1m2f – 1m4f on soft, at Taunton in Jan 2023 in a Class 4 maiden hurdle over 1m5f – 2m on soft, and at Doncaster in Dec 2023 in a Class 4 handicap hurdle over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft off a mark of 115. He reached an official rating of 125. His last run, at Clairefontaine in Jul 2024, saw him finish 3 of 10 in the Prix Jacques Peillon.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating125At career-high mark
125 115–125

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 120 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cheltenham, 17 Apr 2024

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Jumps 7 figures · best 120B · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good3120B106—
Soft3101B98—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6115B99.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Flat 2 figures · best 80A · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft280A77—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f280A77—

Of 10 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 138A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cheltenham, 17 Apr 2024 Official rating 125 at the last jumps run, 11 May 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 92A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Curragh, 25 Sep 2022

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 8 figures · best 143A · median 121
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good4138A129—
Soft3116A109—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7143A116—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Flat 2 figures · best 92A · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft292A88—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f292A88—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Aclaim (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 2,542 runs since Jan 2008 (201 horses).

Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.7% from 388.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%0—
Good to Firm4104310.5%+0.5—
Good547499%−10 from 4
Good to Soft2162511.6%+1.61 from 1
Soft2552911.4%+1.42 from 7
Heavy7468.1%−1.9—
Standard (AW)1,0301009.7%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4815110.6%+0.6—
6f – 7f1,50316110.7%+0.7—
1m – 1m1f388266.7%−3.3—
1m2f – 1m4f128118.6%−1.41 from 2
1m5f – 2m2229.1%−0.92 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f17211.8%+1.80 from 3
2m5f – 3m300%−10—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Blaise Chorus (IRE) (Singspiel)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Just Dottie (GB) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m5f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Just Dottie (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Just Dottie (GB)3451m5f–2mClass 3
Longfinger (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 7 2 29% −1.27
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 2 2 100% +2.40

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Clairefontaine (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 1 100% +2.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 1 100% +0.40
Leopardstown 1 1 100% +3.33
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 2 29% −2.60
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 1 50% +2.33

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Cobden 4 1 25% −2.60
Bryony Frost 2 0 0% −2.00
Declan McDonogh 2 1 50% +2.33
Clement Lefebvre 1 0 0% −1.00
James Reveley 1 0 0% −1.00
Freddie Gingell 1 0 0% −1.00
Angus Cheleda 1 1 100% +2.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 6 1 17% −3.00
None 6 2 33% −0.27

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 5 0 0% −5.00
2023 5 2 40% −0.60
2022 2 1 50% +2.33

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 2 20% −5.60
Flat 2 1 50% +2.33

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 5 runs
17 Jul 24+29d Clairefontaine (FR) Prix Jacques Peillon (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 10 ran 3/10 1¼ 10-12 ——— Clement Lefebvre 31/5
18 Jun 24+38d Clairefontaine (FR) Prix Trembleur (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 8 ran 5/8 3 10-12 ——— James Reveley 31/5
11 May 24+24d Haydock Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 15.5f · Good · 17 ran 6/17 1¼ 11-2 125—126A Harry Cobden 11/2
17 Apr 24+17d Cheltenham Cheltenham Pony Racing Authority Graduates Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals & Amateurs) Class 3 · 17f · Good · 18 ran 2/18 nk 10-9 120120B138A Freddie Gingell 15/2
31 Mar 24+107d Plumpton BetGoodwin Sussex Champion Hurdle Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 11 10-12 121106C114A Harry Cobden 9/2
2023 · 5 runs
15 Dec 23+41d Doncaster Polypipe Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 1/14 11-9 115115B143A Angus Cheleda 2/1F
04 Nov 23+232d Ascot Seat Unique Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 15.5f · Soft · 12 ran 8/12 6 10-3 11798A102A Bryony Frost 13/2
17 Mar 23+20d Fakenham Country Food Trust Fakenham Silver Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 10-12 11998A109B Bryony Frost 7/4F
25 Feb 23+47d Kempton Coral Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 9½ 11-0 —94A132A Harry Cobden 7/1
09 Jan 23+86d Taunton Invest Southwest Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 10-9 —101B116A Harry Cobden 2/5F
2022 · 2 runs
15 Oct 22+20d Leopardstown Gables Foxrock Cup Maiden 10f · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 9-8 —80A84A Declan McDonogh 10/3
25 Sep 22 Curragh William Hill Play Responsibly Maiden 10f · Yielding · 24 ran 2/24 ½ 9-8 —74C92A Declan McDonogh 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Rare Middleton won?
Rare Middleton (GB) won 3 of 12 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 7 times in total (58.3% of starts).
Who trained Rare Middleton?
Rare Middleton (GB) was trained by Sophie Leech on the most recent run on record, at Clairefontaine (FR) on 17 July 2024.
Who is Rare Middleton's sire?
Rare Middleton (GB) is by Aclaim (IRE) out of Blaise Chorus (IRE), whose sire is Singspiel.
What going does Rare Middleton prefer?
Rare Middleton (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Rare Middleton's official rating?
Rare Middleton (GB)'s highest official rating on record is 125.
What is Rare Middleton's sire's record?
Aclaim (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 2,542 runs since Jan 2008 (201 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.7% from 388.
Who are Rare Middleton's siblings?
Out of Blaise Chorus (IRE), Rare Middleton (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Just Dottie (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Just Dottie (GB)). The wins came over 1m5f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2022. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.