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Who is Unusual Heat?  He is a big, beautiful, black 20 year old stallion who stands at Harris Farms in
Coalinga, California.  He was a fine racehorse who has had an even better career as a stallion.

So enjoy our tribute to California's finest stallion and the next time you are at the racetrack, just remember to
shout - "GO HEAT!"

Some of Unusual Heat's accomplishments at stud include:
All time single year record holder for California stallion progeny earnings with $5,827,513 in 2008.
One of only two sires in California history to have progeny earnings of over $5 Million for a single year
and ties the record set by Cee's Tizzy of doing it twice (2008 and 2009).
Ranks in Top 25 of All Time USA Based Stallions for Career Progeny Turf Earnings (25th as of 4/1/10).
2008 and 2009 Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Earnings and Turf Earnings.
76 Earners of $100,000.00 or more from only 313 starters. Average earnings per starter of over
$82,000.00. Median earnings of over $35,000 per starter
Sire of 23 black type stakes winners, 15 black type stakes placed runners and 4 other stakes winners.
These include 8 graded stakes winners (3 Grade 1 Winners), 1 Group 1 (Mexico) stakes winner and 7
additional graded stakes placed runners.
Sire of former world record holder Lennyfromalibu (6.5 furlongs on the turf -Santa Anita on 1/22/2004).
Sire of Multiple Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3 winning gelding The Usual Q.T.  QT was also the 2009 3
year old California Champion and 2009 Hollywood Park Fall Meet 3 Year Old of the meet.
Sire of Grade 1 and Grade 2 winning colt Acclamation, the hottest turf marathoner currently in California.
Sire of retired Grade 1, multiple stakes winning and 2008 Valkyr Award winner Golden Doc A.
Sire of Grade 2, Grade 3 and  multiple stakes winner and 2008 Cal-Bred 3 Year Old Female
Champion, 2009 Cal-Bred Older Female Champion, 2008 3 Year Old Del Mar Filly of The Meet and
2008-09 Valkyr Trophy winner- Lethal Heat, now retired.
Sire of Grade 3, multiple stakes winner  Unusual Suspect.  Sire of Grade 2, multiple stakes winning
filly Pretty Unusual.
Other current standout runners include: Stakes winners- Beltene, Mr. Chairman, Unusual Smoke,
Ballistic Heat and Brushburn; Stakes placed My Maloof Rocker, She's a Real Keeper,and Apoplectic.
Leading sire (wins) for the 2007, 2008, 2009 Del Mar summer meets and all time single meet, Santa
Anita Winter meet sire with 28 wins for the 2008-2009 meeting.
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Unusual Heat-
Heat of The Year
Award Winners

2009- The Usual Q.T.
2008- Lethal Heat
2007- Unusual Suspect
2006- Spenditallbaby
2005- Tucked Away
2004- Tucked Away
2003- Lennyfromalibu
2002- Lennyfromalibu
2001- Frankie Eyelashes
Unusual Heat
The Usual Q.T. Becomes Unusual Heat's First Millionaire
  • Despite a disappointing 5th place finish in the Grade 1 $1 Million TVG-Betfair Pacific Classic at Del Mar (August 28, 2010), The Usual Q.T. does
    become the first millionaire son of Unusual Heat.  The 4 year old bay gelding now boasts career earnings of $1,013,320.
  • Pop'shands are Hot becomes the 76th Unusual Heat to achieve $100,000 in lifetime earnings (September 1, 2010).
  • Hot Chaco with win #3 of 2010 with another allowance race triumph on the turf at Golden Gate Fields (September 4, 2010).
  • Spanish Bunny no longer a maiden with an impressive Maiden Special Weight Cal-Bred victory at Del Mar (September 2, 2010).
  • Red Hot Charlotte picks up her 2nd win of 2010 with a claiming race win at Golden Gate Fields (September 1, 2010).
  • Unusual Suspect earns more black type with a closing 3rd in Del Mar's Windy Sands Handicap (September 4, 2010).
  • Unusual Heats continue to fill Del Mar and Golden Gate race cards with the following runners scheduled (Sept. 5-8, 2010): The Town Lady,  Nana
    Beach, Mensa Heat, T.Martunis, He Be Fire n' Ice, Kessabsti, Papa Lev, Call Me Honcho, The Unusual One and Hot Ticket.