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76th Kentucky Derby
1950 - Middleground

   Race Summary
:22 4/5, :46 3/5, 1:11 2/5, 1:36 4/5, 2:01 3/5. Track fast.
Winner - Ch.c. by Bold Venture - Verguenza, by Chicaro, trained by Max Hirsch; bred in Texas by King Ranch.
$120,700 gross value and $5,000 Gold Cup. Net to winner $92,650; second $10,000; third $5,000; fourth $2,500. Trainer awards: First $3,000; second $2,000; third $1,000. Breeder's awards: First $2,000; second $1,000; third $500. 134 nominations.
$2 mutuels paid - Middleground (coupled with On The Mark), $17.80 straight, $5.40 place, $3.80 show; Hill Prince, $3.80 place, $3.20 show; Mr. Trouble (coupled with Dooly), $3.60 show.
Start good from stall gate. Won driving; second and third the same. MIDDLEGROUND, never far back and saving ground under a steady ride, moved up boldly at the stretch turn and, after taking command, held HILL PRINCE safe. The latter, on the inside from

1950: World History Race Footnotes
Horse Finish Jockey Owner Breeder Trainer
Middleground 1st William Boland King Ranch King Ranch Max Hirsch
Hill Prince 2nd Eddie Arcaro C. T. Chenery Christopher T. Chenery J. H. Hayes
Mr. Trouble 3rd Douglas Dodson Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Sylveter Veitch
Sunglow 4th John Robertson Brookmeade Farm Mereworth Stud Farm Preston Burch
Oil Capitol 5th Kenneth Church Tom Gray Elmendorf Farm Harry Trotsek
Hawley 6th Gordon Glisson Clifford Mooers Mereworth Stud Farm Jake Lowenstein
Lotowhite 7th Ovie Scurlock Hal Price Headley Hal Price Headley F. Barnett
On the Mark 8th Eric Guerin King Ranch King Ranch Max Hirsch
Your Host 9th John Longden William Goetz Louis B. Mayer H. L. Daniels
Hallieboy 10th George Atkins Walter T. Fugate Mrs. H. B. Engel Walter Fugate
Dooly 11th Steve Brooks Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Sylveter Veitch
Trumpet King 12th Hedley J. Woodhouse Willorene Farm Isidore Bieber Earl Steffen
Stranded 13th R. L. Baird Abercrombie & Smith Claiborne Farm Leroy J. Keating
Black George 14th Eric Nelson William Veeneman Edwin K. Thomas Raymond Barnett
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