David Tillson and partners have acquired the multiple graded stakes winner Unified from Lane’s End Farm to stand at the Louisiana Center for Equine Reproduction. According to Tillson, Unified will be the only son of Candy Ride standing in the Louisiana.
“Unified has settled in well, he is in wonderful shape and is acclimating to his new home,” Tillson reported.
The 10-year-old horse is one of three sons of Candy Ride ranked among the top eight third-crop sires, with Gun Runner ranked first, Unified sixth and Mastery eighth. In this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1), there were two sons of Candy Ride and one son of Gun Runner.
Unified is the sire of 3-year-old filly Unified Alliance , an easy winner of the 5 1/2-furlong Coronation Cup Stakes run July 14 transferred off turf and run over the main track at Saratoga Race Course.
Tillson added, “This really is a great start for Unfifed, an exceptional racehorse and sire.”
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Unified will join the leading general sire in Louisiana, Carpe Diem , and first-crop yearling sire Bobby’s Wicked One at LACER 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 and shares will be available for purchase. He will stand for an advertised fee of $3,500.
This press release has been edited for content and style by BloodHorse Staff.