The following year, Middleground started the year with second-place finishes both the Withers Stakes and Wood Memorial.
He then won the Kentucky Derby, only the second horse to win it with an apprentice jockey after his sire Bold Venture who won with jockey Ira Hanford. Five time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Eddie Arcaro had the chance to ride Middleground, but he chose to ride Hill Prince instead, who finished second.
After the Kentucky Derby, Middleground finished second to Hill Prince after a rough trip in the Preakness Stakes, and won the Belmont Stakes.
In the 1950 Jerome Handicap, Middleground broke a bone in his foot and was retired.
Retirement and stud careeredit
Middleground was retired to stud at King Ranch in 1951. He sired 101 winners and 7 stakes winners in his stud career, including Resaca, Chistosa, and Here and There.
middleground, april, 1947, february, 1972, american, thoroughbred, racehorse, 1950, kentucky, derby, belmont, stakes, came, second, preakness, stakes, named, 1950, american, horse, year, champion, three, year, male, sirebold, venturegrandsirest, germansdamverg. Middleground April 22 1947 February 16 1972 2 was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1950 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes and came second in the Preakness Stakes He was named the 1950 American Horse of the Year and Champion Three Year Old Male MiddlegroundSireBold VentureGrandsireSt GermansDamVerguenzaDamsireChicaroSexStallionFoaled1947 1 CountryUnited StatesColourChestnutBreederKing RanchOwnerKing RanchTrainerMax HirschRecord15 6 6 2Earnings 237 725Major winsHopeful Stakes 1949 Kentucky Derby 1950 Belmont Stakes 1950 AwardsU S Champion 3 Yr Old Colt 1951 United States Horse of the Year 1951 Contents 1 Racing career 2 Retirement and stud career 3 Pedigree 4 Notes 5 ReferencesRacing career editMiddleground was ridden throughout his career by 16 year old apprentice jockey Bill Boland and he was trained by Max Hirsch both future U S Hall of Fame inductees As a two year old in 1949 Middleground won the Hopeful Stakes and came third in the Arlington Futurity The following year Middleground started the year with second place finishes both the Withers Stakes and Wood Memorial He then won the Kentucky Derby only the second horse to win it with an apprentice jockey after his sire Bold Venture who won with jockey Ira Hanford Five time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Eddie Arcaro had the chance to ride Middleground but he chose to ride Hill Prince instead who finished second After the Kentucky Derby Middleground finished second to Hill Prince after a rough trip in the Preakness Stakes and won the Belmont Stakes As a three year old he also won the Leonard Richards Stakes In the 1950 Jerome Handicap Middleground broke a bone in his foot and was retired Retirement and stud career editMiddleground was retired to stud at King Ranch in 1951 He sired 101 winners and 7 stakes winners in his stud career including Resaca Chistosa and Here and There He died in 1972 and the gravesite is on the King Ranch in Kingsville Texas 2 In 2000 he was inducted into the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Pedigree editPedigree of Middleground USA chestnut stallion 1947 1 SireBold 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 DamVerguena 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 edit a b Middleground pedigree Equineline a b Grave Matters Farm Index North America horse graves Thoroughbred Heritage 2005 webpage TB Graves References editMiddleground s pedigree and racing stats nbsp This article about a racehorse is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Middleground amp oldid 1064098998, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
