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Family profile
The Rossard family
Best known: Unusual Heat (USA)
- Founding mare
- Rossard (DEN)
- Winners
- 6
- Descendants ran
- 12
- Black-type winners
- 1
- G1 winners
- 0
- Generations
- 3
- Prize
- £78,642 GB · €6,193 IRE
Tree
Name winnerG1 Group 1 winnerBlack type black-type winnerW wins · R runs
Founding mareRossard (DEN)
Dark Albatross (USA)Generation 1 · 1W · 18R
Dark Opal (IRE)Generation 2 · 2W · 20R
Broodmares
- Rossard (DEN) 4 runners · 3 winners
- Dark Albatross (USA) 5 runners · 2 winners
- Dark Opal (IRE) 3 runners · 1 winners
Winners
Black-type winners
- Unusual Heat (USA)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 1990 · Dam: Rossard (DEN) · Sire: Nureyev (USA) · Runs: 10 · Wins: 4 · Black-type wins: 3 · Black type: Listed winner (3 black-type wins) · Best win: Platinum Stakes (Listed), Fairyhouse (IRE) 1994 · Last run: 1994-08-13
Highest level first.
All winners
- Unusual Heat (USA)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 1990 · Dam: Rossard (DEN) · Sire: Nureyev (USA) · Runs: 10 · Wins: 4 · Black-type wins: 3 · Black type: Listed winner (3 black-type wins) · Best win: Platinum Stakes (Listed), Fairyhouse (IRE) 1994 · Last run: 1994-08-13
- Opal Storm (GB)Generation: 3 · Sex: mare · Foaled: 2020 · Dam: Dark Opal (IRE) · Sire: Hot Streak (IRE) · Runs: 47 · Wins: 7 · Best OR: 59 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Brandinghub For Signs & Graphics Handicap Stakes, Ayr 2026 · Prize GB (£): 44103 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2026-10-10
- Night Knight (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2006 · Dam: Dark Albatross (USA) · Sire: Bachelor Duke (USA) · Runs: 24 · Wins: 2 · Best OR: 92 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Boddingtons Redcar Straight-Mile Championship (Handicap), Redcar 2009 · Prize GB (£): 5812 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2010-08-26
- Dark Opal (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 2010 · Dam: Dark Albatross (USA) · Sire: Camacho (GB) · Runs: 20 · Wins: 2 · Best OR: 73 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Katherine Jenkins At Close House Supporting CHUF Nursery, Newcastle 2012 · Prize GB (£): 8214 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2014-10-28
- Mostovio (USA)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 1997 · Dam: Rossard (DEN) · Sire: Northern Park (USA) · Runs: 12 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 96 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Jimmy Tierney Memorial Maiden Hurdle, Ballinrobe (IRE) 2001 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 6193 · Last run: 2001-12-27
- Dark Albatross (USA)Generation: 1 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 1996 · Dam: Rossard (DEN) · Sire: Sheikh Albadou (GB) · Runs: 18 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 86 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Kids Free Maiden Fillies' Stakes, Kempton 1998 · Prize GB (£): 13526 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 1999-11-20
By black type, then wins.
Stats
Family record by code
No records available.
Runners counted in each code they ran in.
Stallions that worked with this family
- Nureyev (USA)Sire: Nureyev (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 1 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 10 · Wins: 4 · Win %: 40.0 · Best runner: Unusual Heat (USA)
- Bachelor Duke (USA)Sire: Bachelor Duke (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 24 · Wins: 2 · Win %: 8.3 · Prize GB (£): 5812 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Night Knight (IRE)
- Camacho (GB)Sire: Camacho (GB) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 20 · Wins: 2 · Win %: 10.0 · Prize GB (£): 8214 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Dark Opal (IRE)
- Hot Streak (IRE)Sire: Hot Streak (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 47 · Wins: 7 · Win %: 14.9 · Prize GB (£): 44103 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Opal Storm (GB)
- Northern Park (USA)Sire: Northern Park (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 12 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 8.3 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 6193 · Best runner: Mostovio (USA)
- Sheikh Albadou (GB)Sire: Sheikh Albadou (GB) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 18 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 5.6 · Prize GB (£): 13526 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Dark Albatross (USA)
- Brazen Beau (AUS)Sire: Brazen Beau (AUS) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 14 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 4715 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Kevin The Minion (GB)
- Distant Music (USA)Sire: Distant Music (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 6 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Cole (IRE)
- Frozen Power (IRE)Sire: Frozen Power (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 1 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Daisy Chainsaw (IRE)
- Riverman (USA)Sire: Riverman (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 14 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Golden Saddle (USA)
- Swiss Spirit (GB)Sire: Swiss Spirit (GB) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 4 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 300 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Spirit Of Opal (GB)
- Traditionally (USA)Sire: Traditionally (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 7 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 1974 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Akiyama (IRE)
Sires of the family's descendants, most black-type winners first (max 40).
Record by generation
No records available.
Current
Descendants in training
- Opal Storm (GB)Generation: 3 · Age: 6 · Sex: mare · Foaled: 2020 · Dam: Dark Opal (IRE) · Sire: Hot Streak (IRE) · Runs: 47 · Wins: 7 · Best OR: 59 · Black-type wins: 0 · Prize GB (£): 44103 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2026-10-10 · Trainer: Brian Rothwell
Ran in GB or IRE in the last 12 months, latest first.
Founding mare
Generation 1
Dark Albatross (USA)
Generation 2
Dark Opal (IRE)
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