Southern Halo | |
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Sire | Halo |
Grandsire | Hail To Reason |
Dam | Northern Sea |
Damsire | Northern Dancer |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1983 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | E. P. Taylor |
Owner | Stavros Niarchos |
Trainer | D. Wayne Lukas |
Record | 24: 5-7-3 |
Earnings | £344,875[1] |
Awards | |
Leading Sire in Argentina (1994–2001, 2003, 2007) [2] Champion Sire in Argentina (1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007)[3] |
Southern Halo (1983–2009) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In his racing career he ran twenty-four times, winning five races and finishing second in the Grade I Swaps Stakes and Super Derby. He is chiefly notable for his remarkable career at stud where he was leading sire in Argentina on ten occasions and the sire of 170 stakes winners, including 56 Group/Grade I winners, and 16 champions.[5]