Kristy Lynn's Halo

Kristy Lynn's Halo was claimed by the Virtual Owners Partnership on December 19, 1996, out of a race at the Fair Grounds. He is a '93 gelding by Thirty Six Red, out of Halomatic by Halo, bred in Kentucky by Pollock Farm. He had a record of 4-2-1-0 $10,140 when claimed.


Images and descriptions of Kristy Lynn's Halo
and his VOP races.


At Jed Steffee's farm just after purchase

Kristy Lynn's Halo's 1997 Campaign

  • 1st VOP Race - 01/30/97

    • FG 6th, clm12500, 6f, track fast. Purse $9,700. Kerwin Clark up.

    Nice effort for Kristy Lynn Halo's first race for VOP! Our expectation was that there would be two or three horses out battling for the lead in this race, with KLH laying back in the 2nd flight, but to our surprise Kerwin had KLH up in front and on the rail within about 1/2f after the start of the race, and sitting on a nice easy length lead. There they stayed down the backstretch and through the turn, and took a nice two length lead into the stretch. Despite a good run by some closers on the outside, KLH and Kerwin hung tough to win the race by about two lengths, in more or less wire-to-wire fashion, triggering silly outbursts at OTB's across the nation, and rewarding the new VOP partners in Louisiana with instant success. The grins in the Winner's Circle shot were well worth the price of admission. ;-) Nice work, Liane!
    Kristy Lynn's Halo's running line: 7-6-1-1-1-1, times 22.1, 46.1, 58.4, 1:12

    Win photo

  • 2nd VOP Race - 03/06/97

    • FG 2nd, clm5000, 6f, track fast. Kerwin Clark up.

    KLH got a very bad start out of the gate, got bumped and steadied, and was never in the running. Eventually Kerwin just ended up wrapping up on the horse, and he coasted home a distant last.

  • 3rd VOP Race - 04/01/97

    • Spt 9th, clm7500n4l, 6f, track fast. Purse $8,500. Shane Laviolette up.

    KLH got a bit of a slow start out of the gate, and Shane kept him behind the leaders for most of the distance until a good run in the stretch during which he got the lead at the furlong marker. But he was starting to get a little tired, and got run down from behind, losing the win by a neck.
    Kristy Lynn's Halo's running line: 7-4-5-1-2, times 22.4, 47.0, 59.3, 1:12.2

    Race 3 - Post Parade Race 3 - Post Parade

  • 4th VOP Race - 12/12/97

    • HAW 10th, clm4000, 6f, track fast. Purse $6,000. Shane Laviolette up.

    We weren't quite sure what to expect of KLH after his long layoff, so we gave him the easiest possible company to run against. He responded with a very strong effort, moving to the front from the outside on the backstretch and then moving into the lead on the turn. He stretched out his lead in the stretch and won the race by 5 going away. Nice gutsy effort for a first race back, KLH! And great ride from Shane. The VOP'sters on hand were so disorganized that the win photo had to be snapped twice.
    Kristy Lynn's Halo's running line: 11-3-3-1-1-1, times 22.46, 46.32, 58.80, 1:11.89

    Race 4 - Winner!

  • 5th VOP Race - 12/27/97

    • HAW 6th, alw21000n1x, 6f, track fast. Purse $21,000. Lupe Macias up.

    KLH was feeling so good after his last race, and had run such a competitive Beyer figure, that we decided we might as well go for the gold and try the allowance race. Lupe kept KLH close to the fast pace down the backstretch and made a strong move at the top of the stretch to take the lead to the stretch call, and we thought we might have a second straight winner. Unfortunately, the pace had taken a little of the starch out of KLH and he tired in the last few strides, and was nipped at the wire by a closer from the inside, losing the race by 1/2 a horse. Still, another gutsy effort by KLH and we were very proud of him.
    Kristy Lynn's Halo's running line: 1-2-2-2-1-2, times 22.08, 45.15, 57.37, 1:10.13

    Kristy Lynn's Halo's 1998 Campaign

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