Goodbye Halo (USA)
February 12, 1985 – August 23, 2014
Halo (USA) x Pound Foolish (USA), by Sir Ivor (USA)
Family 8-h
February 12, 1985 – August 23, 2014
Halo (USA) x Pound Foolish (USA), by Sir Ivor (USA)
Family 8-h
Like Bold 'n Determined a few years earlier, Goodbye Halo had markedly above-average talent that would probably have made her a champion had another filly not upstaged her by winning the Kentucky Derby (USA-G1). Although second to Winning Colors in Eclipse Award voting as champion 3-year-old filly, Goodbye Halo won more Grade 1 events as a 3-year-old (4 to 3) and more such events over the course of her career (7 to 3). She was exported to Japan following her racing career and spent her entire producing career there.
Race record
24 starts, 11 wins, 5 seconds, 4 thirds, US$1,706,702
1987:
1988:
1989:
Honors
Eclipse Award nominee, American champion 2-year-old filly (1987)
Assessments
Rated at 120 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1987, 3 pounds below co-highweights Epitome (the official divisional champion) and Over All.
Rated at 124 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1988, 2 pounds below champion Winning Colors but second overall.
Rated at 123 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American older females of 1989, 6 pounds below champion Bayakoa but tied for second with Bankers Lady.
As an individual
A feminine but tough and wiry chestnut mare, Goodbye Halo was on the small side and slightly upright in the shoulder. She was not as effective on turf as on dirt but handled fast tracks and slop equally well. A tenacious runner, she was not often spectacular but had a knack for doing what was needed to win. Regarding her temperament, trainer Charlie Whittingham said, "She's a little cranky and she'll kick the brains out of you."
As a producer
Goodbye Halo produced nine named foals, of which eight started and four won. Her only foal of importance was King Halo (by Dancing Brave), a Group 1 winner by Japanese standards but not according to the International Catalogue.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Goodbye Halo was bred by Dr. William Reed. A US$47,000 yearling purchase from the 1986 Keeneland July sale, she was owned by John Ballis, who sold her privately for a reported US$750,000 to Arthur Hancock III following the filly's win in the 1987 Demoiselle Stakes. (Hancock later sold a half interest in Goodbye Halo to Alex Campbell Jr.) She was trained by Jose Martin through that victory before being taken over by Charlie Whittingham. She was ridden by Pat Day in the Kentucky Oaks and by Jorge Velásquez in the Coaching Club American Oaks. Offered as a broodmare prospect at the 1990 Keeneland January mixed sale, Goodbye Halo was sold for US$2.1 million to Morio Sakurai and was exported to Japan.
Pedigree notes
Goodbye Halo is inbred 3x4 to the important sire Turn-to, 4x5 to another important sire in Pharamond II, and 4x5 to 1936 Derby Stakes winner and 1946 American champion sire Mahmoud. She is a half sister to stakes winner Rampaging Native (by Raise a Native).
Pound Foolish, the dam of Goodbye Halo, is an unraced half sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Serious Spender (by Seattle Slew) and stakes winners All Gone (by Fappiano) and Russian Roubles (by Nijinsky II). She is also a half sister to Extravagant Woman (by Alydar), dam of Grade 2 winner Living Vicariously (by Time for a Change) and Grade 3 winner With Distinction (by Storm Cat) and second dam of Grade 2 winner Sightseeing. In addition, Pound Foolish is a half sister to Leveraged Buyout (by Spectacular Bid), dam of Peruvian Group 3 winner Rosa Eterna (by Eternal Prince) and second dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Val's Prince, and to Dissipating (by Majestic Light), second dam of two-time Japanese champion steeplechaser Majesty Bio.
Pound Foolish and her siblings were produced from 1976 Sorority Stakes (USA-G1) winner Squander (by Buckpasser), whose Grade 2-winning half sister Duty Dance (by Nijinsky II) is the dam of 2008 Royal Chase for the Sport of Kings (NSA-G1) winner Sovereign Duty (by Kingmambo) and Grade 3 winner Party Manners (by Private Account), the second dam of Grade 3 winner Proceed Bee, and the third dam of 2021 Argentine Horse of the Year Village King. Produced from the Princequillo mare Discipline (a daughter of modern foundation mare Lady Be Good who was the equivalent of a multiple graded stakes winner), Squander is also a half sister to Call Me Madam (by Bold Ruler), dam of stakes winner Stuttering (by Ack Ack), and to Fiddlesticks (by Northern Dancer), dam of Grade 3 winner Vivano (by Island Whirl) and second dam of 2000 Futurity Stakes (USA-G1) winner Burning Roma.
Books and media
Goodbye Halo is profiled in Chapter 11 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Fun facts
Last updated: May 25, 2024
Race record
24 starts, 11 wins, 5 seconds, 4 thirds, US$1,706,702
1987:
- Won Hollywood Starlet Stakes (USA-G1, 8FD, Hollywood)
- Won Demoiselle Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Aqueduct)
1988:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA-G1, 9FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Coaching Club American Oaks (USA-G1,12FD, Belmont)
- Won Mother Goose Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Belmont)
- Won Las Virgenes Stakes (USA-G1, 8FD, Santa Anita)
- Won Santa Ynez Stakes (USA-G3, 7FD, Santa Anita)
- 2nd Dahlia Handicap (USA-G3, 8.5FT, Hollywood)
- 3rd Breeders' Cup Distaff Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Santa Anita Oaks (USA-G1, 8.5FD, Santa Anita)
- 3rd Las Palmas Handicap (USA-G2, 9FT, Santa Anita)
1989:
- Won La Canada Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Santa Anita)
- Won El Encino Stakes (USA-G3, 8.5FD, Santa Anita)
- Won Chula Vista Handicap (USA-G2, 8.5FD, Del Mar)
- 2nd Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (USA-G1, 9FD, Santa Anita)
- 2nd Apple Blossom Handicap (USA-G1, 8.5FD, Oaklawn Park)
- 2nd Spinster Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Keeneland)
- 2nd Hawthorne Handicap (USA-G2, 8.5FD, Hollywood)
- 3rd Vanity Invitational Handicap (USA-G1, 9FD, Hollywood)
Honors
Eclipse Award nominee, American champion 2-year-old filly (1987)
Assessments
Rated at 120 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1987, 3 pounds below co-highweights Epitome (the official divisional champion) and Over All.
Rated at 124 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1988, 2 pounds below champion Winning Colors but second overall.
Rated at 123 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American older females of 1989, 6 pounds below champion Bayakoa but tied for second with Bankers Lady.
As an individual
A feminine but tough and wiry chestnut mare, Goodbye Halo was on the small side and slightly upright in the shoulder. She was not as effective on turf as on dirt but handled fast tracks and slop equally well. A tenacious runner, she was not often spectacular but had a knack for doing what was needed to win. Regarding her temperament, trainer Charlie Whittingham said, "She's a little cranky and she'll kick the brains out of you."
As a producer
Goodbye Halo produced nine named foals, of which eight started and four won. Her only foal of importance was King Halo (by Dancing Brave), a Group 1 winner by Japanese standards but not according to the International Catalogue.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Goodbye Halo was bred by Dr. William Reed. A US$47,000 yearling purchase from the 1986 Keeneland July sale, she was owned by John Ballis, who sold her privately for a reported US$750,000 to Arthur Hancock III following the filly's win in the 1987 Demoiselle Stakes. (Hancock later sold a half interest in Goodbye Halo to Alex Campbell Jr.) She was trained by Jose Martin through that victory before being taken over by Charlie Whittingham. She was ridden by Pat Day in the Kentucky Oaks and by Jorge Velásquez in the Coaching Club American Oaks. Offered as a broodmare prospect at the 1990 Keeneland January mixed sale, Goodbye Halo was sold for US$2.1 million to Morio Sakurai and was exported to Japan.
Pedigree notes
Goodbye Halo is inbred 3x4 to the important sire Turn-to, 4x5 to another important sire in Pharamond II, and 4x5 to 1936 Derby Stakes winner and 1946 American champion sire Mahmoud. She is a half sister to stakes winner Rampaging Native (by Raise a Native).
Pound Foolish, the dam of Goodbye Halo, is an unraced half sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Serious Spender (by Seattle Slew) and stakes winners All Gone (by Fappiano) and Russian Roubles (by Nijinsky II). She is also a half sister to Extravagant Woman (by Alydar), dam of Grade 2 winner Living Vicariously (by Time for a Change) and Grade 3 winner With Distinction (by Storm Cat) and second dam of Grade 2 winner Sightseeing. In addition, Pound Foolish is a half sister to Leveraged Buyout (by Spectacular Bid), dam of Peruvian Group 3 winner Rosa Eterna (by Eternal Prince) and second dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Val's Prince, and to Dissipating (by Majestic Light), second dam of two-time Japanese champion steeplechaser Majesty Bio.
Pound Foolish and her siblings were produced from 1976 Sorority Stakes (USA-G1) winner Squander (by Buckpasser), whose Grade 2-winning half sister Duty Dance (by Nijinsky II) is the dam of 2008 Royal Chase for the Sport of Kings (NSA-G1) winner Sovereign Duty (by Kingmambo) and Grade 3 winner Party Manners (by Private Account), the second dam of Grade 3 winner Proceed Bee, and the third dam of 2021 Argentine Horse of the Year Village King. Produced from the Princequillo mare Discipline (a daughter of modern foundation mare Lady Be Good who was the equivalent of a multiple graded stakes winner), Squander is also a half sister to Call Me Madam (by Bold Ruler), dam of stakes winner Stuttering (by Ack Ack), and to Fiddlesticks (by Northern Dancer), dam of Grade 3 winner Vivano (by Island Whirl) and second dam of 2000 Futurity Stakes (USA-G1) winner Burning Roma.
Books and media
Goodbye Halo is profiled in Chapter 11 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Fun facts
- Goodbye Halo was the eighth filly to complete the Kentucky Oaks/Coaching Club American Oaks double, a feat previously accomplished by Princess Doreen (1924), Wistful (1949), How (1951), Real Delight (1952), Dark Mirage (1968), Davona Dale (1979), and Bold 'n Determined (1980). Since 1988, the double has been accomplished by Open Mind (1989), Lite Light (1991), Ashado (2004), Princess of Sylmar (2013), and Abel Tasman (2017).
Last updated: May 25, 2024