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

The stallion, who celebrated his fourth stakes winner on Friday at Saratoga when Unified Alliance won the Coronation Cup S., will join leading general sire in Louisiana, MGISW Carpe Diem (Giant's Causeway) and first-crop yearling sire GISP Bobby's Wicked One (Speightstown) 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,” said Tillson.

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

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Carpe Diem will be syndicated in Louisiana by a group led by Picard Racing (Dawn and Jeff Picard) and David Tillson and he will stand the upcoming breeding season at Acadiana Equine at Copper Crowne in Louisiana. By Giant's Causeway out of the graded stakes-placed Unbridled's Song mare Rebridled Dreams, Carpe Diem, a dominant Grade 1 winner at two and three for WinStar Farm and Stonestreet Stables and an earner of $1,519,000, will be available for inspection at Acadiana Equine beginning on Dec. 18.

Carpe Diem is the sire of 11 black-type horses in 2021, led by stakes winners Bella Aurora, Wait for Nairobi, and graded stakes-placed Thisismytime, runner-up in the Grade 2 Inside Information Stakes. A $1.6 million juvenile purchase, Carpe Diem is also a leading sire of 2-year-olds this year (21 juvenile winners) and is represented by Romancer, runner-up in the $500,000 Juvenile Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs.

“We have a strong relationship with David Tillson and Acadiana Equine,” said Liam O'Rourke, Director of Bloodstock Services for WinStar Farm. “We look forward to continued success with Carpe Diem.”

David Tillson added, “Our goal is to provide Louisiana breeders the best opportunity for future success, and we're excited to stand Carpe Diem, a multiple Grade 1 winner and proven stallion.”

Exaggerator, Curlin's only three-time Grade 1 winner at stud, is returning home after being re-purchased by Texas-based Rocker O Ranch, co-owner of the horse during his sensational racing career. Stud plans are currently being determined for the handsome bay who is produced from the stakes-placed Vindication mare Dawn Raid, a half-sister to Canadian champion and multiple Graded stakes winner Embur's Song.

“Exaggerator gave us the greatest thrills of our lifetime,” said Rocker O Ranch's Cole Ortowski. “We are excited to be bringing him back into the family.”

Winner of the Preakness Stakes, the G1 Haskell, and G1 Santa Anita Derby by a combined 11 1/4 lengths at three, Exaggerator was also a top 2-year-old. He won the G2 Saratoga Special and the $1 million G3 Delta Jackpot as a juvenile and finished second in the G1 Breeders' Futurity. All told, he banked $3,581,120 racing for the partnership of Big Chief Racing, Head of Plains Partners, Rocker O Ranch, and trainer Keith Desormeaux.

Exaggerator is the leading second-crop sire by winners with 77 and is represented this year by 2-year-old stakes-winning fillies Sea Level and Pacific Coast, as well as stakes winner Gagetown, winner of the Prairie Mile Stakes and placed in the Iowa Derby and St. Louis Derby, and multiple stakes-placed Crew Dragon.

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“For obvious reasons we want to provide Louisiana breeders some relief and give them a better opportunity for profitability in the future,” said stallion manager David Tillson.

Gemologist, who has led the Louisiana sire list for the last two years, will stand for $4,000, down from $4,500 for 2020. Court Vision, sire of 2019’s Eclipse-winning 2-year-old colt Storm the Court, will stand for $2,500 after standing for $3,500 last year. And finally, Astrology, who stood for $4,000 in 2020, will be available for $2,500 in 2021.

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“For obvious reasons we want to provide Louisiana breeders some relief and give them a better opportunity for profitability in the future,” explained Tillson.

Standing three of the top six sires in Louisiana offers proven commodities to breeders and with the new ability for out-of-state mares to join the lucrative Louisiana Bred program.

Gemologist is the leading Louisiana stallion in 2019 and 2020 will stand for $4,000, the son of pensioned Tiznow appears to be the heir as the closest link to the Man o' War line.

Storm the Court, the champion 2-year-old colt of 2019, is by Court Vision, the first stallion Acadiana Equine placed at Copper Crowne. Court Vision, a son of Gulch, will stand for $2,500 in 2021 and currently ranks second in the state by 2020 earnings.

Astrology at $2,500, offers breeders an accomplished young son of A.P. Indy with tremendous value.

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