I am going to add Unified to my top 10 favorite sire list. He is a son of Candy Ride that was campaigned by Centennial Farms. He did not start until late February, but won the 9 furlong Peter Pan just 3 months later. Injuries kept him out of the Triple Crown races, but he did come back to just barely lose the 7 furlong Carter Handicap (G!) by a nose.
I know that Centennial thought he would have been a stamina oriented horse if he had not been injury prone. Don Little of Centennial is quoted as saying “a two turn body, with sprinter speed”. His dam was by Dixie Union which can “get you any type of horse”. The 3rd dam was by Storm Bird out of a Secretariat mare. There should be enough stamina, or Centennial would not have bought him in the first place.
Unified might bring more value because there is another son of Candy Ride, named Mastery, that is also a new sire. Mastery won the Santa Anita Derby, but also had a short career. Uniifed’s median yearlings sold for $23,000, while the median Mastery was $80,000.
Centennial put together a nice two horse partnership with 2 Unified offspring:
Unified – f – Another Ghazo by Haynesfield – $100,000
Unified – c – Farce by Political Force – $50,000
The mare are solid, and both of the nicks are A++, but I might have tried something a little different.
I liked one that is in my top 10 yearling list:
Unified – Eleganter by AP Indy – c – 5/12, $50,000
The unraced AP Indy mare produced a nice horse by Violence. The second dam won over $1,000,000, several G1’s, and was second in BC Juvenile fillies. The nick is only a C+, but I think my mare adds more stamina.
Without the Centennial connection I might not try this sire, but with them in the background it seems worth the risk.
Buying A Race Horse 