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Halo
Halo
Sire	Hail To Reason
Grandsire	Turn-To
Dam	Cosmah
Damsire	Cosmic Bomb
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	February 7, 1969
Died	November 28, 2000 (aged 31)
Country	United States
Colour	Black Bay
Breeder	John R. Gaines
Owner	Cragwood Stable
Trainer	MacKenzie Miller
Record	31: 9–8–5
Earnings	$259,553
Major wins
	Lawrence Realization Stakes (1972); Tidal Handicap (1974); United Nations Handicap (1974)
Awards
	Leading sire in North America (1983, 1989)
	Last updated on July 2, 2007

Halo (February 7, 1969 – November 28, 2000) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and an important Champion sire.

Background

Bred in Kentucky by John R. Gaines, founder of the Breeders Cup, Halo was out of the mare Cosmah (who was the Kentucky Broodmare of the Year in 1974), which made him a half-brother to the Hall of Fame filly Tosmah. His sire was Hail To Reason, the U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt and a great-grandson of the extremely important sire Nearco.^[1]

Purchased by Charles W. Engelhard, Jr., owner of Nijinsky, Halo raced under his Cragwood Stable banner.

Racing career

After having little success at age two racing on dirt tracks, in his three-year-old campaign his U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller switched him to racing on turf, where he achieved better results. Although never a superstar horse, Halo raced for four years and in 1974, at age five, won the Grade I United Nations Handicap.

Stud record

After retiring from racing, in 1975 Halo was sent to stand at stud at the Maryland division of Windfields Farm, where his progeny included Sunny's Halo and, through his mating with the mare Ballade, Devil's Bag, Glorious Song, and Saint Ballado. In 1984, new majority owners moved Halo to stand at Arthur B. Hancock III's Stone Farm in Paris, Kentucky, where he continued to produce notable offspring, the star of which was Sunday Silence. In all, Halo sired seven champions and 62 stakes winners including two Kentucky Derby winners. Twice, he was the leading sire in North America.

Halo was pensioned in 1997 and died at Stone Farm in 2000 at age thirty-one.^[2]

Offspring

Halo was the sire of:^[3]

Sunny's Halo – won 1983 Kentucky Derby
Sunday Silence – won 1989 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Breeders' Cup Classic. The U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee is the most successful sire in the world by progeny earnings
Devil's Bag – won Champagne Stakes, Laurel Futurity, voted 1983 U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt
Glorious Song – 1980 & 1981 Canadian Champion Older Female Horse, 1980 United States Champion Older Female Horse, 1980 Canadian Horse of the Year
Saint Ballado – won 1992 Arlington Classic Stakes, sire of Saint Liam and Ashado
Goodbye Halo – filly won six Grade I stakes, earned in excess of $1.7 million
Jolie's Halo – won three Grade I stakes, equaled track record in winning the Philip H. Iselin Handicap, earned in excess of $1.2 million
Lively One – won Grade I Swaps Stakes, earned in excess of $1.5 million
Present Value – multiple stakes winner, earned in excess of $1.1 million
Southern Halo – Leading Sire in Argentina for eleven years, sire of 170 stakes winners.

Grandsire of:

Agnes Tachyon – Leading sire in Japan (2008)
Answer Lively – 1998 U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt
Ashado – Kentucky Oaks, Breeders' Cup Distaff winner, 2004 U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old filly, 2005 U.S. Champion Older Female Horse
Deep Impact – won 2005 Japanese Triple Crown, Japan Horse of the Year (2005, 2006), Leading sire of Japan (2012-22); sire of Gentildonna and Contrail
Devil His Due – multiple Grade I stakes winner, earned in excess of $3.9 million
Heart's Cry – won the Dubai Sheema Classic and Arima Kinen; sire of Just A Way
Manhattan Cafe – Leading sire in Japan (2009)
Saint Liam – won Breeders' Cup Classic, 2005 U.S. Horse of the Year
Special Week – multiple Grade I winner; sire of Buena Vista
Stay Gold – won the Dubai Sheema Classic and Hong Kong Vase; sire of Orfevre, Gold Ship, and Oju Chosan
Taiki Shuttle – 1998 Japan Horse of the Year
Zenno Rob Roy – Multiple Grade I winner, 2004 Japan Horse of the Year
Team - Multiple Grade I winner, 1998 Argentinian Horse of the Year

Damsire of:

Coup de Genie – multiple Group I winner, 1993 Champion 2-Year-Old Filly in France
King Halo - foaled by Goodbye Halo; won the Takamatsunomiya Kinen in 2000
Machiavellian – 1989 Champion 2-Year-Old Colt in France
Pine Bluff – winner of the 1992 Arkansas Derby and Preakness Stakes
Rahy – sired Champions Fantastic Light, Serena's Song and was the Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland
Singspiel – won Canadian International Stakes and Japan Cup (1996), Dubai World Cup (1997). Voted 1996 U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse

Pedigree

Pedigree of Halo, black stallion, foaled February 7, 1969^[4]
Sire Hail To Reason brown 1958	Turn-To b. 1951	Royal Charger ch. 1942	Nearco
		Royal Charger ch. 1942	Sun Princess
		Source Sucree br. 1940	Admiral Drake
		Source Sucree br. 1940	Lavendula
	Nothirdchance b. 1948	Blue Swords b. 1940	Blue Larkspur
		Blue Swords b. 1940	Flaming Swords
		Galla Colors b. 1943	Sir Gallahad
		Galla Colors b. 1943	Rouge Et Noir
Dam Cosmah bay 1953	Cosmic Bomb dkb/br. 1944	Pharamond br. 1925	Phalaris
		Pharamond br. 1925	Selene
		Banish Fear br. 1932	Blue Larkspur
		Banish Fear br. 1932	Herodiade
	Almahmoud ch. 1947	Mahmoud gr. 1933	Blenheim
		Mahmoud gr. 1933	Mah Mahal
		Arbitrator b. 1937	Peace Chance
		Arbitrator b. 1937	Mother Goose (Family 2-d)