Unusual Heat (horse) explained

Horsename:Unusual Heat
Sire:Nureyev
Grandsire:Northern Dancer
Dam:Rossard (Den.)
Damsire:Glacial
Sex:Stallion
Foaled:New Years Day, 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)
Updated:April 20, 2015

Unusual Heat (January 1, 1990 – May 17, 2017) was a Thoroughbred stallion owned by a syndicate headed by California breeder/owner Madeline Auerbach in conjunction with California trainer Barry Abrams. In 2015, he had a full book and stood for $20,000 (lfg). From 2011 through 2015, he stood at Harris Farms in Coalinga, California.

Pedigree

Unusual Heat stood tall and was officially a dark bay or brown horse according to The Jockey Club of America. He was foaled in 1990.

Unusual Heat was by Nureyev out of the Glacial mare Rossard (Den). Nureyev 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. He is the only stakes-winning foal out of Rossard.

Race record

Unusual Heat was a multiple stakes race winner of $143,707. He won six 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 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, he ranks #1 in its list of All Time Leading Lifetime Sires in California.[5] He won six California Sire Earnings Championships consecutively from 2008 to 2013 and has been the leading Turf sire in California every year since 2004, giving him eleven consecutive California Conceived Sire Turf Championships.[6] He is also the All Time Leading Sire of California Breds by Earnings with total earnings of over $46.8 million.[6]

Unusual Heat has recorded six Del Mar Summer Meet Sire Championships, five 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]

Unusual Heat was euthanized on May 17, 2017, due to complications of arthritis-induced laminitis.[8]

Progeny

Unusual Heat's notable progeny include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thoroughbred Information Agency . Unusual Heat . Thoroughbred Info . 2012-05-16.
  2. Web site: About Unusual Heat . Unusualheat.com . 2012-05-16.
  3. Web site: General Sire List | Thoroughbred Breeding . BloodHorse.com . 2012-05-16.
  4. Web site: The Official Home Page of Unusual Heat . Unusualheat.com . 2012-05-16.
  5. Web site: California Thoroughbred Magazine . Issuu.com . 2012-05-16.
  6. CTBA.com
  7. Web site: Home . unusualheat.com.
  8. http://www.drf.com/news/unusual-heat-former-leading-stallion-california-dies-27 Unusual Heat, former leading stallion in California, dies at 27

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