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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Give it a rest.
Unusual Heat's success at stud right now has everything to do with the synthetic surface invasion in California.
Back when I was young, California racing was always king when it came to dirt sprinters. They'd almost always kick the ass of Eastern sprinters when they'd ship. A big emphasis was placed on early speed .. and the Cal breeding program reflected that.
Unusual Heat was a Euro import. He ran fast figs in America - and Abrams basically claimed a horse with a huge glowing "For Sale" sign .. got 2 whole races out of him .. and got lucky with him as a stud thanks to synthetic tracks. The comment read "returned lame" in his 2nd start off the claim when he was back in for a tag. Abrams had him sound for a whole 19 days.
Here's a cut of form from some claimers turned stallions. I included Cozar - he's the Unusual Heat of Presque Isle Downs .. only difference is that his offspring have to run open instead of against state breds.
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Give me a break
The horse is the 4th ranked turf sire in the US.
You can disparage him and post all the inane bs you want but for a CA stallion to be ranked that high is amazing. And he was 2nd last year and 13th the year before. Think about that. This is despite having ridiculously weak mares compared to the others in the top 50 and most of his runners in one state and no single big earner.
His rankings pretty much show what kind of sire he is. The fact that he is a CA stallion, his book of mares and where he has come from to reach these rankings is downright amazing.
But dont worry, at least you have Freddy fooled