Middleground
Middleground (April 22, 1947 – February 16, 1972) [2] was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Middleground | |
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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 |
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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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