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
Jockey: Jerry Bailey
Record: 12: 7-3-0
Earnings: $1,233,190
Major races: Norfolk Stakes (1999), Best Pal Stakes (1999), Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes (1999), Haskell Invitational Handicap (2000), Malibu Stakes (2000)
Post Career: became a successful sire, producing numerous stakes winners and champion racehorses. Some of his notable offspring include Union Rags, Dixie Chatter, and Dixie Brass.
Dixie Union stood at stud at various farms in Kentucky and Florida, including Ashford Stud, Spendthrift Farm, and Vinery.
Dixie Union passed away in 2010 due to a deteriorating neurological condition. He was buried at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky.
MARCH 7 - Dixie Union
Dixieland Band was one of the last great sons of Northern Dancer and for a while Dixie Union was his best son before his passing. However, he did give us the Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags who was also the KY Derby favorite that year. This is Dixie Union winning the Haskell at Monmouth Park.
He was raced by Gerald Ford's Diamond A Farm. The connections and story would be too long to tell - yes - I said that - long winded Bob said the story would be too long.
I painted another horse for the Ford family and when I talk about that one maybe I'll be able to squeeze out the "rest of the story".