Middleground
Middleground (April 22, 1947 – February 16, 1972) [2] was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
| Middleground | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Bold Venture |
| Grandsire | St. Germans |
| Dam | Verguenza |
| Damsire | Chicaro |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1947[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | King Ranch |
| Owner | King Ranch |
| Trainer | Max Hirsch |
| Record | 15: 6-6-2 |
| Earnings | $237,725 |
| Major wins | |
| Hopeful Stakes (1949) Kentucky Derby (1950) Belmont Stakes (1950) | |
| Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1951) United States Horse of the Year (1951) | |
Racing career
Ridden by 16-year-old apprentice jockey Bill Boland, and trained by Max Hirsch, both future U.S. Hall of Fame inductees, Middleground won the 1950 Kentucky Derby, finished second to Hill Prince after a rough trip in the Preakness Stakes, and won the Belmont Stakes.
Retirement
Middleground died in 1972, and the gravesite is on the King Ranch, in Kingsville, Texas.[2]
Pedigree
| Sire Bold Venture (USA) 1933 |
St Germans (GB) 1921 |
Swynford | John o' Gaunt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Pilgrim | |||
| Hamoaze | Torpoint | ||
| Maid of the Mist | |||
| Possible (USA) 1920 |
Ultimus | Commando | |
| Running Stream | |||
| Lida Flush | Royal Flush | ||
| Lida H | |||
| Dam Verguena (USA) 1940 |
Chicaro (USA) 1923 |
Chicle | Spearmint |
| Lady Hamburg | |||
| Wendy | Peter Pan | ||
| Remembrance | |||
| Blushing Sister (USA) 1932 |
Bubbling Over | North Star | |
| Beaming Beauty | |||
| Lace | Bunting | ||
| Stickling (Family: 4-m) |
Notes
- "Middleground pedigree". Equineline.
- "Grave Matters Farm Index North America" (horse graves), Thoroughbred Heritage, 2005, webpage: TB-Graves.
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