From Unusual Heat Syndicate
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 29, 2016) – Perennial California leading sire Unusual Heat has passed the $50 million mark in cumulative progeny earnings, becoming the first sire in the history of California breeding to achieve this while standing his entire career in the Golden State. Unusual Heat has sired 18 crops, and his 16th crop of 2 year olds will hit racetracks in 2016. As of today he boasts $50,158,241 in earnings.
It was only fitting that the race putting Unusual Heat over the milestone was the stirring stretch drive victory by his son Boozer in the Sensational Star Stakes (Listed-Restricted) at Santa Anita Park down the hill on February 27.
Unusual Heat is the all-time leading sire in California in total progeny earnings, California-bred earnings and career progeny turf earnings.
He set the all-time single season California record for progeny earnings in 2008 with over $5.8 million and was again the California earnings champion for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, achieving the milestone of being leading sire in California for an unprecedented six consecutive seasons in the modern era.
In 2015 Unusual Heat achieved an unmatched ninth consecutive season of over $3 million in progeny earnings and also won his astounding 12th consecutive California-bred North American Turf Earnings championship. He has sired one Eclipse Award winner and 15 California champions, including 2015 California-bred 2 Year Old Filly champion Pacific Heat.
Unusual Heat has also started to make his mark as a broodmare sire adding eight new stakes winners since 2015, including Grade 1 Winners Masochistic and Spanish Queen. He also is the broodmare sire of 2016 Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby winner and 2016 Kentucky Derby contender Frank Conversation.
Unusual Heat is 26 years old and is currently standing his 19th overall season at stud in California
and his sixth at Harris Farms in Coalinga.
For more information about Unusual Heat contact Harris Auerbach at harris@unusualheat.com or go to www.unusualheat.com.
For more information about Harris Farms contact Dave McGlothlin at davem@harrisfarms.com or go to www.harrisfarms.com.