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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Middleground | image = | caption = | sire = [[Bold Venture (horse)|Bold Venture]] | grandsire = St. Germans | dam = Verguenza | damsire = Chicaro | sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]] | foaled = 1947<ref name="pedigree">{{cite web|url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/Middleground?page_state=DISPLAY_REPORT&reference_number=308961®istry=T&horse_name=Middleground&dam_name=Verguenza&foaling_year=1947&include_sire_line=N|title=Middleground pedigree |publisher=Equineline }}</ref> | country = [[United States]] | colour = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]] | breeder = [[King Ranch]] | owner = [[King Ranch]] | trainer = [[Max Hirsch]] | record = 15: 6-6-2 | earnings = $237,725 | race = [[Hopeful Stakes (United States)|Hopeful Stakes]] (1949)<br>[[Kentucky Derby]] (1950)<br>[[Belmont Stakes]] (1950) | awards = [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] (1951)<br>[[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year|United States Horse of the Year]] (1951) | honours = | updated= }} '''Middleground''' (April 22, 1947 – February 16, 1972)<ref name="TbH"> "Grave Matters Farm Index North America" (horse graves), Thoroughbred Heritage, 2005, webpage: [http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Graves/GraveMattersFarmNAM.html TB-Graves].</ref> 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 [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|Champion Three-Year-Old Male]].
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