| Middleground | |
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| Sire | Bold Venture |
| Grandsire | St. Germans |
| Dam | Verguenza |
| Damsire | Chicaro |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1947 |
| Country | United States  |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | King Ranch |
| Owner | King Ranch. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Chestnut is a hair coat color of Horses consisting of a reddish-to-brown coat with a mane and tail the same or lighter in color than the coat King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches (larger than Rhode Island Silks: Brown, White Running W, Brown Bar on White Sleeves, Brown & White Cap |
| Trainer | Max Hirsch |
| Record | 15: 6-6-2 |
| Earnings | $237,725 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Hopeful Stakes (1949) American Classic Race wins: |
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| Racing Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1951) United States Horse of the Year (1951) |
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| Infobox last updated on: August 9, 2007. Maximilian J "Max" Hirsch ( July 12, 1880 - April 3, 1969) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred The American Classic Races consist of 1 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky held annually on the first Saturday The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old thoroughbred horses held annually in Louisville Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious American Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont New York. The American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred Horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred Flat racing. The American Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American Thoroughbred horse racing. | |
Middleground (c. 1947-1972) [1] was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Thoroughbred is a horse breed This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics.
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. In Sport, a jockey is one who rides Horses in Horse racing or steeplechase racing primarily as a profession Maximilian J "Max" Hirsch ( July 12, 1880 - April 3, 1969) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old thoroughbred horses held annually in Louisville Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May Hill Prince (1947-1970 was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who earned Champion honors in his first three years of racing The Preakness Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race 1-3/16 mile (1 The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious American Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont New York.
Middleground died in 1972, and the gravesite is on the King Ranch, in Kingsville, Texas. King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches (larger than Rhode Island Kingsville is a city in Kleberg County, Texas, United States. [1]
Notes
- ^ a b "Grave Matters Farm Index North America" (horse graves), Thoroughbred Heritage, 2005, webpage: TB-Graves.
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