Halo Farms, Bashor, Jim and Bashor, Dianne

Halo Farms and Jim and Dianne Bashor own 2016 Kentucky Derby hopeful Danzing Candy. Aroney and the Bashors have raced horses in partnership since 2012, but Danzing Candy is their first graded stakes winner as a partnership.

Halo Farms is the racing stable of Ted Aroney. Aroney, who has owned horses for 50 years, is a retired real estate developer living in Southern California with his wife Leslie. 

Halo Farms raced Grade 1 winner Evita Argentina in partnership with Three Sisters Thoroughbred and won the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile with Dakota Phone, who was owned by the partnership of John Carver, George Todaro, Jerry Hollendorfer and Halo Farms. Halo and Hollendorfer also teamed to win the 2013 San Felipe with Hear the Ghost. Danzing Candy would be the first Kentucky Derby starter for Aroney as well as the Bashors.

After meeting on a blind date in 1968, Jim and Dianne Bashor found great success in a business they started together. The Bashors' silks are red and gold in honor of Jim's alma mater, the University of Southern California, and he is an ardent supporter of the university's teams. The Bashors are also prominent San Diego philanthropists.