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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