Mioland

Mioland
Sire	Mio Darezzo
Grandsire	Laland
Dam	Iolanda
Damsire	Vespasian
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1937
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	H. W. Ray
Owner	Charles S. Howard
Trainer	Tom Smith
Record	50: 18-10-6
Earnings	US$244,270
Major wins
American Derby (1940) Westchester Handicap (1940) Potomac Handicap (1940) San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1940, 1941) American Handicap (1941) New Year Handicap (1941) San Antonio Handicap (1941) San Pasqual Handicap (1941) Coral Gables Handicap (1942) American Classic Race placing: Preakness Stakes 2nd (1940)
Awards
American Co-Champion Older Male Horse (1941)
Honours
Mioland Drive, Los Angeles, California
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)

Mioland (1937-1951) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Oregon by H. W. Ray, he was out of the mare Iolanda. His German-born sire was Mio D'Arezzo, a winner of the Deutsches St. Leger who had been imported to stand at stud in the United States.

Two year-old season

Raced at age two, Mioland's regular jockey was Earl Dew who won several races aboard the colt at California racetracks. Owner H. W. Ray sold Mioland to Charles Howard as a three-year-old. For future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Tom Smith, he became a top runner who earned 1941 American Co-Champion Older Male Horse honors.

Three year-old season

In the 1940 U.S. Triple Crown series, under jockey Lester Balaski, Mioland ran fourth to winner Gallahadion in the Kentucky Derby then second to Bimelech in the Preakness Stakes. He did not run in the Belmont Stakes but that year he won the Potomac and Westchester Handicaps in the Northeastern United States then the prestigious American Derby at Chicago then in California, the San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Mioland remained on the West Coast of the United States where he won three important races in 1941 including his second consecutive San Juan Capistrano Handicap. What makes his back-to-back wins even more notable is that the 1940 win was at a distance of 1 1/16 miles but the 1941 win came at the much longer distance of 1 1/2 miles. Mioland's 1941 performances earned him American Co-Champion Older Male Horse honors.

Mioland raced at age five on the United States East Coast where his best results were a record-breaking win in the 1942 Coral Gables Handicap at Hialeah Park, [1] a second-place finish behind Challedon in the Philadelphia Handicap at Havre de Grace Racetrack and third in the Dixie Handicap to 1941 Triple Crown winner, Whirlaway.

Retired to stud duty, Mioland had limited success as a sire but did get several winners of minor race before dying in 1951 at the relatively early age of fourteen.

References

• Mioland's pedigree and partial racing stats
• August 19, 1940 TIME magazine article on Mioland's win in the American Derby