Middleground

Middleground
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
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)

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

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.

Middleground died in 1972, and the gravesite is on the King Ranch, in Kingsville, Texas.