Middle Earth (2020)

Foal Date

20-Mar-20

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Roaring Lion

Dam

Roheryn

Prize Money

$1142195

Trainer

Ciaron Maher

Owners

Madica, M Johnston, Deg Racing, Porter Pelchen Bloodstock Qatar Bloodstock Ltd, A Kheir, Sneesby Racing No Whip Required, B P Fisher, T A Ginnane, D J House, A S Ingersole, L H Mckenzie, G A McLaren, D J O'Connor, B L Shannon, P A Vawdrey, P G Walsh, Middle Earth & Ciaron Maher Racing

About

Middle Earth is a 5yo bay gelding trained by Ciaron Maher. He is by Roaring Lion out of Roheryn. As a stakes winner with career earnings of $1,142,195, he is considered a horse with above‑average ability. On 18 May 2024 at Newbury, Oisin Murphy rode him to his biggest victory, taking the $189,501 4yo+ Open Set Weight and beating King Of Conquest. He has been a profitable runner for bettors, delivering a 58% return on investment for anyone who backed him throughout his career.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Caulfield 30-Aug-25 2000m SOFT 5 R4 Open Quality $4,500 (of $150,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:04.750, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 13th, 1200m 13th, 800m 13th, 400m 14th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.990	M Zahra 62kg 3.15L	5 (14)
Randwick 12-Apr-25 2000m GOOD 4 R8 G1 Open Weight For Age $40,000 (of $5,000,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:00.410, SP: 71.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 12th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.310	J Melham 59kg 6.54L	9 (13)
Flemington 29-Mar-25 2000m GOOD 4 R8 G1 Open Weight For Age $62,500 (of $2,500,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:00.410, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 1200m 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.740	M Zahra 59kg 7.21L	5 (10)
Flemington 08-Mar-25 2000m GOOD 4 R6 Open Set Weight With Penalties $82,500 (of $150,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:03.180, SP: 3.40 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.580	M Zahra 57.5kg	1 (10)
Cranbourne-Trn 24-Feb-25 1200m SOFT 5 R2 2UP-TRL Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:15.950	M Zahra 0.10L	2 (7)
Ascot 27-Jul-24 2414m GOOD R1 G1 3YO+ Cls 1 Weight For Age (of $2,368,763) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:27.430, SP: 13.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 8th, 400m 9th	O Murphy 61kg 90.8kgL	8 (9)
Ascot 22-Jun-24 2414m GOOD R1 G2 4YO+ Open Set Weight $51,820 (of $473,753) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:32.190, SP: 3.25 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 6th, 400m 3rd Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on towards finish	O Murphy 58.5kg 4.60L	3 (9)
Newbury 18-May-24 2414m GOOD R1 G3 4YO+ Open Set Weight $109,247 (of $189,501) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:33.430, SP: 4.33 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 6th Slowly away, in touch in rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and ran on strogly final furlong, led final strides	O Murphy 58kg	1 (8)
Ascot 06-Oct-23 2816m GOOD R2 LR 3YO Open Set Weight With Penalties $100,567 (of $174,446) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 03:06.720, SP: 3.25 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders out wide, went 3rd halfway, pushed along turning in, went 2nd out wide inside final 2f, challenged and wandered left 1f out, soon straightened and led final 150 yards, edged right and stayed on well	O Murphy 58.5kg	1 (6)
Doncaster 16-Sep-23 2916m SOFT R1 G1 3YO C&F Open Set Weight (of $1,296,131) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 03:06.950, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 7th Last to break, held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, well beaten final 2f	O Murphy 58.5kg 15.80L	7 (9)
York 26-Aug-23 2816m GOOD R1 3YO Open CL2 Hcp $155,379 (of $296,558) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:56.630, SP: 5.50 In-running: Settled 10th, 1200m 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 1st Rear mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and switched right to stands rail 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on strongly	O Murphy 58.5kg	1 (13)
Newmarket 28-Jul-23 2414m SOFT R1 3&4YO Nov CL2 Set Weight $38,305 (of $69,778) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 02:33.540, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 1st Tracked leaders, headway over 2f out, ridden to press leader over 1f out, led final strides	C Fallon 59kg	1 (7)
Kempton Park 12-Jul-23 2212m SYNTHETIC R2 3YO+ Nov Set Weight $17,145 (of $68,707) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:24.100, SP: 3.25 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Slowly into stride, held up in touch, headway to press leader over 7f out, led over 2f out, soon headed, no impression on winner from over 1f out, kept on	C Fallon 60.5kg 3.00L	2 (5)
Sandown Park 17-Jun-23 2011m GOOD R3 3YO+ Mdn CL2 Set Weight $22,477 (of $87,223) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:09.680, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 4th Held up in last pair, headway on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, went 2nd final 150 yards, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner	O Murphy 59kg 4.50L	2 (7)