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T E X A S 2 0 1 6 | The LandReport 87 LANDREPORT.COM I au King Ranch's Assault remains the only Texas-bred runner to win the Triple Crown. The son of Bold Venture dusted the field by a record eight lengths to win the 1946 Kentucky Derby. n 1934, Bob Kleberg traveled 100 miles to Goliad to buy a mare from John Dial. During the course of the visit, Dial showed him Chicaro, a Thoroughbred stallion of impeccable breeding. Chicaro's racing career had been mediocre, and he nearly died from neglect. But Dial recognized his potential, bought him right, and nursed him back to health. Kleberg saw in the stallion's build the musculature he'd long admired and hoped to bring to his Quarter Horse line. The big bay returned to Santa Gertrudis. Now in possession of a racing Thorough- bred with excellent bloodlines, Kleberg sought out even better mares. On a trip to Lexington, he spotted Cornsilk, whom he later described as the most perfect mare he'd ever seen. As luck would have it, she turned out to be by Chicaro's sire, Chicle. In 1936, Kleberg bought Cornsilk and seven other exceptional mares at Saratoga. Development of the King Ranch Thoroughbred stable had begun in earnest. The ranch's Thoroughbred stable took a giant step forward when legendary trainer Max Hirsch convinced Bob Kleberg to buy the 1936 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, Bold Venture. Soon, the brown-and- white Running W silks became a regular fixture in the winner's circle. Split Second, COURTESY KING RANCH ARCHIVES, KING RANCH, INC., KINGSVILLE, TEXAS