Month: July 2023

Graded Winner Unified Sold To Stand In Louisiana

David Tillson and partners have acquired Unified, a multiple graded stakes winner, from Lane's End to stand at Lacer @ Aztec Equine in Sunset, La.

“Unified has settled in well, he is in wonderful shape and is acclimating to his new home,” Tillson said.

Unified will be the only son of Candy Ride standing in Louisiana.

Unified is one of three sons of Candy Ride ranked among the top eight third crop sires, #1 Gun Runner #6 Unified and #8 Mastery. There were two sons of Candy Ride and one son of Gun Runner in this year's Kentucky Derby field.

Unified is the sire of 3-year-old filly Unified Alliance, an easy winner of Saratoga's 5 1/2 furlong Coronation Cup Stakes run July 14 over the main track. Tillson added, “this really is a great start for Unified, an exceptional racehorse and sire.”

Unified is a handsome horse with a powerful sprinter's physique.  He broke his maiden at first asking in 1:08.4, earning a 102 Equibase Speed figure. He won the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes with a 118 Equibase figure. Additionally, Unified won the G2 Peter Pan Stakes and G3 Bay Shore Stakes, both in New York, and he was second by a neck in the G1 Carter Handicap.

Unified will join leading general sire in Louisiana Carpe Diem and first-crop yearling sire Bobby's Wicked One for the 2024 breeding season.

“The predominant goal of this stallion station is to offer speed-oriented sons of prominent sires who are of the conformational type that compliment mares of the Southwestern region,” concluded Tillson.

Unified will be owned by Unified Stud, LLC and units (shares) will be available for purchase.  He will stand for $3,500 live foal.

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Presque Isle Downs to Honor Veteran Campaigner Stevis Man

Presque Isle Downs will honor the career of one of the track's fan favorites, Stevis Man (Senor Amigo), with a race on July 26. The veteran campaigner recorded 20 of his 26 career wins at the Pennsylvania oval.

Stevis Man was retired to the R.A.C.E. Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization after his last race on Oct. 24, 2022. After some let-down time, he was sent to Thoroughbred Placement Resources in Upper Marlboro, Marylad to eventually begin retraining for a second career. Both R.A.C.E. Fund and Thoroughbred Placement Resources are TAA accredited.

“We are just taking our time with Stevis Man, aka Stevie, and letting him show us the way to what discipline he wants to do and right now he seems to be taking a liking to dressage,” said R.A.C.E. Fund president Marlene Murray.

Murray added, “Kim Clark at Thoroughbred Placement Resources is an excellent rider and equestrian and we are fortunate to work with her. She and Stevis Man are like poetry in motion in the ring. He is such a nice horse, kind, smart, willing to learn and remarkably sound after 74 lifetime starts. He is the whole package and deserves nothing but the best.”

The 13-year-old Stevis Man, who began his career at Mountaineer in 2013, started at 10 different tracks and was claimed three times, most recently by trainer Shelly Radosevich and JSR Stables in 2020. He hit the board in 42 of 74 starts with 26 wins and earnings of $437,208.

“We would like to thank Presque Isle Downs, and especially racing secretary Alan Plever, for honoring Stevis Man in this way and all of his fans who followed him during his long and amazing career,” said Murray.

Presque Isle Downs will have a video display on the track television screens of Stevis Man since his retirement and the chestnut gelding may compete in the Retired Racehorse Project Makeover in Lexington in October.

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