Unusual Heat (horse)

Unusual Heat
Sire Nureyev
Grandsire Northern Dancer
Dam Rossard (Den.)
Damsire Glacial
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1990
Country United States
Colour Dark Bay
Owner The Unusual Heat Syndicate
Trainer Dermot Weld
Richard Mandella
Barry Abrams
Record 16: 6-2-2
Earnings $143,707
Awards
Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Earnings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Turf Earnings (2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014)
Last updated on April 20, 2015

Unusual Heat (foaled 1990) is a Thoroughbred stallion owned by a syndicate headed by California breeder/owner Madeline Auerbach in conjunction with California trainer Barry Abrams. In 2015, Unusual Heat had a full book and stood for $20,000 (lfg). From 2011 through 2015, he has stood at Harris Farms in Coalinga, CA.

Pedigree

Unusual Heat stands 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm) tall and is officially a dark bay or brown horse according to The Jockey Club of America. He was foaled in 1990.

Unusual Heat is by Nureyev out of the Glacial mare Rossard (Den). Nureyev has produced notable offspring including champions Theatrical, Miesque, Heart Lake, and Spinning World. Rossard was a Group 1 winning mare in Europe and a Grade 1 winner in North America. Unusual Heat is the only stakes-winning foal out of Rossard.

Race Record

Unusual Heat was a multiple stakes race winner of $143,707. He won 6 races between the ages of 2 and 6. His most notable victories were the 1993 Amethyst Stakes and 1994 Platinum Stakes. He was trained in his racing career by Dermot Weld, Richard Mandella, and Barry Abrams.

At Stud

Unusual Heat retired from racing in 1996 and has stood at stud since 1998. He currently has 15 crops of racing age with career earnings of over $47.1 Million.[1] His accomplishments at stud hold the California breeding record for progeny earnings in a single year with $5,827,513[2] in 2008. He followed that up with progeny earnings of $5,184,194 in 2009[2] and was the leading California-based sire of 2010 with earnings in excess of $2.8 million.[3]

Unusual Heat has produced 47 stakes winners including 4 Grade 1 winners, 1 Group 1 winner (Mexico), and 7 other graded stakes winners. He has sired 134 winners of $100,000 or more and 67 winners of $200,000 or more out of 505 lifetime starters.[4] According to the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association in its August 2010 issue of California Thoroughbred, Unusual Heat ranks #1 in its list of All Time Leading Lifetime Sires in California.[5] Unusual Heat won 6 California Sire Earnings Championships consecutively from 2008-2013. He has been the leading Turf sire in California every year since 2004, giving him 11 consecutive California Conceived Sire Turf Championships.[6] Unusual Heat is also the All Time Leading Sire of California Breds by Earnings with Total Career California Bred earnings of over $46.8 million.[6]

Unusual Heat has recorded 6 Del Mar Summer Meet Sire Championships, 5 Santa Anita Winter Meet Sire Championships and holds the all time record for wins by a sire at a Santa Anita Park Winter Meet with 28 in 2009.[7]

Progeny

Notable progeny of Unusual Heat include:

References

  1. ↑ Thoroughbred Information Agency. "Unusual Heat". Thoroughbred Info. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  2. 1 2 "About Unusual Heat". Unusualheat.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  3. ↑ "General Sire List | Thoroughbred Breeding". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  4. ↑ "The Official Home Page of Unusual Heat". Unusualheat.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  5. ↑ "California Thoroughbred Magazine". Issuu.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  6. 1 2 CTBA.com
  7. ↑ http://www.unusualheat.com
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