Dixie Union (horse)

Dixie Union
Sire	Dixieland Band
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	She's Tops
Damsire	Capote
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1997
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay/Brown
Breeder	Herman Sarkowsky
Owner	Herman Sarkowsky & Diamond A Racing Corp
Trainer	Richard E. Mandella
Record	12: 7-3-0
Earnings	US$1,233,190
Major wins
Norfolk Stakes (1999) Best Pal Stakes (1999) Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes (1999) Haskell Invitational Handicap (2000) Malibu Stakes (2000)

Dixie Union (March 7, 1997 – July 14, 2010) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose wins included two Grade I stakes . He was also a successful sire whose progeny included Grade 1 winners Hot Dixie Chick, Dixie Chatter, and 2012 Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags.^[1]

Dixie Union was bred by Seattle, Washington businessman and former NBA team owner Herman Sarkowsky, who raced him in partnership with Gerald Ford's Diamond A Racing Corp. His sire was Dixieland Band, the 2004 Leading broodmare sire in North America. His dam was She's Tops, the 1992 winner of the Grade II Railbird Stakes who was a daughter of the 1986 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Capote.^[2]

Trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Richard Mandella, at age two Dixie Union won three important stakes races in California. At age three, he won the Grade I Haskell Invitational Handicap at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey, and the Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

Due to a deteriorating neurological condition, Dixie Union was humanely euthanized on July 14, 2010, and was buried in the equine cemetery at Lane's End Farm where he had stood at stud.^[3]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Dixie Union

Sire Dixieland Band	Northern Dancer	Nearctic	Nearco
			Lady Angela
		Natalma	Native Dancer
			Almahmoud
	Mississippi Mud	Delta Judge	Traffic Judge
			Beautillion
		Sand Buggy	Warfare
			Egyptian
Dam She's Tops	Capote	Seattle Slew	Bold Reasoning
			My Charmer
		Too Bald	Bald Eagle
			Hidden Talent
	She's A Talent	Mr. Prospector	Raise a Native
			Gold Digger
		Paintbrush	Bold Hour
			Change Water

References

1. "Thoroughbred Times - July 14, 2010". Archived from the original on September 16, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. Dixie Union's pedigree
3. The Blood-Horse Staff Article # 16664 - July 15 2010