. . . . "Middleground (1947\u20131972)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."@en . . . . . "Middleground"@en . "Stallion" . .