UNIFIED
THE SOUTHWEST'S LEADING SIRE IN 2025
CANDY RIDE (ARG) - UNION CITY, BY DIXIE UNION
2025 LEADING LOUISIANA SIRE
$3.9-MILLION IN EARNINGS, 88 WINNERS
UNIFIED ALLIANCE 1st Saratoga's 5 1/2 f. Coronation Cup S. over the main course.
Nicole Russo / DRF / January 22, 2026
Kentucky stallions: Candy Ride's legacy continues to loom large
Perennial leading sire Candy Ride was no slouch in 2025 as he continues to produce quality. The Lane’s End stallion, who turns 27 this year finished 10th among North American leading general sires by earnings..... read more
Louisiana's top sire of 2025 and a top 5 LA two-year-old sire in 2025. Represented by Grade 2 Muniz Memorial Classic SW IDRATHERBEBLESSED ($574,069), winner of 2025 Buddy Diliberto Memorial S. and 2nd Colonel E. R. Bradley S., etc.; Multiple SW at 2, UNIFIED REPORT ($276,660) won/placed in 4 of 5 starts at 6, 2025; SW UNIFIED DREAMS recorded a triple digit speed figure in 3 1/2 length 2025 allowance score; G2 SP 2-year-old Dolomite ($357,600) recorded 3 consecutive NY allowance wins in 2025; G3 SP on January 1, 2025, Dream Unified won/placed in 10 more starts in 2025.
On the track UNIFIED was a debut winner at 3, winning his first 3 starts: Gulfstream Park maiden special weight in 1:08.95, just off the track record set by Champion BIG DRAMA (1:08.12); Grade 3 Bay Shore S. by 3 lengths; Grade 2 Peter Pan S. at Belmont.
At 4, won his first start, the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint S. over MIND YOUR BISCUITS ($4,279,566), placed twice Breeders' Cup Sprint S.-G1, 2016 and 2017. Next out UNIFIED ran 2nd by a neck in Grade 1 Carter H.
From the precocious CANDY RIDE sire line, sire of Horse of the Year and leading sire GUN RUNNER, other sons at stud include TWIRLING CANDY, VEKOMA, ROCK YOUR WORLD, etc.
STAKES HORSES BY UNIFIED UNIFIED
IDRATHERBEBLESSED ($574,069), G2 SW
UNIFIED REPORT ($276,660), MSW/SP
UNIFIED ALLIANCE ($207,144), SW/SP
ROGER MCQUEEN ($194,287), SW at 2
UNIFIED DREAMS ($201,768), SW
ROGER MCQUEEN ($194,287), SW at 2
BEHAVE VIRGINIA ($147,696), SW at 2
Dolomite ($357,600), G2 SP
Reagan’s Decision ($128,300), G3 SP
Underhill’s Tab ($292,860), SP
Spiked ($187,605), SP 2024
Drop Dead Sexy ($185,580), SP
Mishpachah ($163,190), Multiple SP
Monshun ($117,590), SP
Terrapin Station ($114,210), SP at 2
Dream Unified ($39,350) SP
General Crook, SP
Shira, SP to 3, 2025
UNIFIED carries strains of Blushing Groom (FR): 4S X 5D, Mr. Prospector: 5S X 4D X 5D and Northern Dancer: 4D X 5D in his breeding. When crossed with mares from the sire lines of Speightstown, A. P. Warrior, Empire Maker, Tribal Rule, Giant’s Causeway, Tiznow, Smart Strike, Aptitude, Flatter, Notional, etc., the resulting runners have found the winner’s circle, many in stakes company.
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2026 FEE: $3,500 LIVE FOAL
(payable when foal stands and nurses)
2013, b, entered stud in 2018