Colonel Freckles

Colonel Freckles
BreedQuarter Horse
DisciplineCutting
SireJewel's Leo Bars
GrandsireSugar Bars
DamChristy Jay
Maternal grandsireRey Jay
SexStallion
Foaled1973
CountryUnited States
ColorSorrel
BreederMarion Flynt
Other awards
1976 NCHA Futurity Champion
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame

Colonel Freckles, a Quarter Horse stallion, was a cutting horse who earned $46,305.00 in National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) contests before retiring to a career at stud.[1] He died in October 1986 from complications of eating blister beetles.[1] Among his offspring are Nu Cash, Doc Jewl Bar, Reveille Bar, Just Plain Colonel, Master Jay, Colonel Hotrodder, Colonel Flip, and Colonel Barrachone.[1]

Colonel Freckles was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2004.[2]

Sire line tree

  • Colonel Freckles[3][4]
    • Colonel Leo Bar
    • Doc Jewel Bars
    • Colonelfourfreckle
      • Colonels Smoking Gun[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
        • Gunners Special Nite[14][15][6][13]
          • Baileys Not Painted
          • Modern Gun
          • Special Made Whiskey[16][17]
          • Lenas Shining Gun[18]
          • Into The Nite
          • Guns And Dynamite
          • Alpha Onespecialnite
          • Gunner In The Nite
          • Shining At Nite[19]
          • Tagin Stiletto Chics[20][21]
          • CS Especially Moody[22]
          • All Nite Partier[23][24][25]
        • Gunnatrashya[26][27][28][29][13]
          • ARC Gunnabeabigstar[30][31][32]
            • Gunnabeabrightstar
            • Gunna Be First
            • Walla Be A Big Star
            • Gunnabeagreatdude[33]
            • Star Code
          • Gunna Stop
          • Gunnastepya
          • Super Marioo[34]
          • Gunnabebigtime[35]
          • Gunnaoutdunya
          • Snapdragons[36]
          • Trash Talkin Spook[37][38][39]
          • Finals Bound
          • Good Time To Trashya
          • Ten Thirty[40]
          • Trashinyurdreams
        • Tinker With Guns[41][42]
          • Guns N Sparks
          • Tinker With Dreams
          • Guns N Dreams
          • Guns In My Genes[43]
          • Whizzin Off With Guns
        • Gunners Tinseltown[44][45]
          • MMB Chic Gun Renda
          • Setting Off To Town
          • Guns Required
        • Custom Made Gun[46]
        • Always Gotyer Gunsup
        • Cannon Gun[17]
        • No Smoking Required[46]
        • Gun Dun It
        • All Bettss Are Off[47][21][39]
        • Down Right Amazing[48][49][50]
        • MMB Colonels Chexi
    • Reveille Bar
    • Colonel Flip
    • Colonel Hotrodder
    • Freckle Kid
    • Freckles Top Brass
    • Just Plain Colonel
    • Nu Cash[51][52]
      • Nu Chex To Cash[53][54][55]
        • Night Deposit Chex
        • NMSU Truckin Chex
        • Wimpys Little Step[56][57][58][59][60][61][62]
          • Dox Steppin Out[63]
          • Dun Being Wimpy
          • RC Fancy Step[64]
          • Smart Little Stepper
          • Wimpys Little Boss
          • Wimpys Little Buddy[65]
          • Wimpys Little Cee
          • Wimpys Tinseltown
          • Yellow Jersey[66][67]
          • Crome Plated Step
          • Lil Star Stepper
          • Olena Wimpy
          • Shining Step
          • Steppin Off Sparks
          • This Wimp Can Dance
          • Whoyacallinwimpy
          • Wimps Chocolate Chip
          • Wimpys Lil Starlight
          • Wimpys Red Berry[68]
          • Wright On Wimpy
          • Curb Service
          • No Wimpy Cowboys
          • Step It Up Jak
          • Wimps Quixote Cody[69][70][71]
          • Wimpys Best Jac
          • Wimpys Show Stopper[72]
          • Wimpys Showboat
          • Wimpys Tonnob
          • A Spark In My Step
          • Spin N Wimp
          • Steppin Nifty Nic
          • Wimpyneedsacocktail
          • Wimpys Connection
          • Wimpys Lil Star
          • Wimpys Little Jay
          • Wimpys Wound Up
          • A Nimble Wimp
          • CFR Centenario Wimpy
          • Cromes Little Step
          • Lucky Little Seven
          • Niftys Rock Star
          • Onegiantstepforwimps
          • Show Me The Buckles
          • Topsail Wimpy
          • Wimp Daddy
          • Wimpys King Lad
          • Wimpys Lil Hollywood
          • Wimpys Short Step BB
          • Wimpys Snow Step
          • Arc Surprize Steps
          • Mr Briteside
          • Pinesails Wimpy
          • Rebas Best Step Yet[73][74][75]
          • Spooks Smoken Wimpy[76]
          • Stepping In Time
          • Whimpys Flashy Jac
          • Wimpys Cable Lena
          • Wimpys Flashy Jac
          • Wimpys High Bid
          • Wimpys Little Dun It
          • Wimpys Little Freckl
          • Wimpys Littlecolonel
          • WLS Tinseltown[77]
          • Berry Best Step
          • Jupiter Of Sun
          • Lenas Wimpys Rooster[78]
          • Spooks Little Step
          • Sugar Pop Step Ahead
          • This Wimps So Fly
          • Wimps Cool Breeze[79][80]
          • Wimpy Sparkles
          • Chics Want My Number[81][82]
          • Wimpy Chic
          • Xtra Little Balou[83][84]
          • Xtra Dun Step[85][86][87][88][89]
        • Hot Smokin Chex
        • Big Chex To Cash
        • Nu Chexomatic[90][91]
        • Lil Joe Cash[13]
          • Joes Got Cash
          • Pretty Has Cash
        • Nu Pops
        • Chexmaster
        • Heavy Duty Chex[92]
      • Nu Jingles Beau
      • The Nu Colonel
      • Smart Little Cash
    • Cols Little Pepper
    • King Badger's Colonel
    • Colonel Barrachone
    • Master Jay

Pedigree

Percentage (TB)
Three Bars (TB)
Myrtle Dee (TB)
Sugar Bars
Rey
Frontera Sugar
Palomino DO
Jewel's Leo Bars
Joe Reed II
Leo
Little Fanny
Leo Pan
Handy Shot (TB)
Panchita
Mule Shoe mare
Colonel Freckles
Ranchero
Rey del Rancho
Panda de la Tordia
Rey Jay
Tino
Calandria K
Tordia de Garcia
Christy Jay
Leo
Leo Bob
89'er
Christy Carol
Mike Troutman
Mike's Dilly
Gypsy Diamond

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Holmes Legends 6 pp. 114–125
  2. ^ American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Colonel Freckles". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Colonel Freckles: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2004.
  4. ^ From the Archives: Colonel Freckles
  5. ^ Colonels Smoking Gun Makes History as only NRHA $15 Million Sire
  6. ^ a b Sires Cross Additional Million Dollar Milestones amid 6666 NRHA Derby presented by Markel
  7. ^ ‘Gunner’ Reaches New Heights
  8. ^ Top Quarter Horse Bloodlines for Each Discipline
  9. ^ Gunner becomes NRHA's All-Time Leading Sire
  10. ^ Gunner Makes History
  11. ^ Gunner, Reshaping Reining History
  12. ^ Gunner Becomes NRHA's All-Time Leading Sire
  13. ^ a b c d STALLIONS: Leading 2020 NRHA Futurity Sires
  14. ^ Gunners Special Nite
  15. ^ Gunners Special Nite Makes History Surpassing $7 Million Sire Milestone
  16. ^ Special Made Whiskey & Arno Honstetter Win NRHA Derby Level 2 Open
  17. ^ a b Gunnin For a Win at Best Little Derby
  18. ^ High Roller Reining Classic Crowns Futurity Champions
  19. ^ Mandy McCutcheon Wins 10th NRHA Futurity Level 4 Non-Pro
  20. ^ FROM GOLD MEDALS TO THE GOLD STANDARD
  21. ^ a b Andrea Fappani Claims Level 4 Open Championship With All Bettss Are Off
  22. ^ Duane Latimer and CS Especially Moody top The Run For A Million Qualifier and Cactus Classic Open Derby
  23. ^ All Nite Partier and Cade McCutcheon Conquer the 6666 Ranch NRHA Open Derby
  24. ^ Cade McCutcheon Paves His Way to NRHA $2 Million Rider Status
  25. ^ Party Time! Cade McCutcheon and All Nite Partier Capture NRHA Derby Open Championship
  26. ^ In The Blood—Gunnatrashya & the Influence of King P-234
  27. ^ Gunnatrashya Makes History: NRHA's First $16 Million Sire
  28. ^ Gunnatrashya Joins Legendary Sire Gunner as NRHA $15 Million Sire
  29. ^ Gunnatrashya Reaches $9 Million Dollar Sire Milestone
  30. ^ In The Blood: ARC Gunnabeabigstar—WEG Part 1
  31. ^ ARC Gunnabeabigstar NRHA Million Dollar Sire
  32. ^ NRHA Welcomes New Million Dollar Sire ARC Gunnabeabigstar
  33. ^ Barbagli and Gunnabeagreatdude conquer First $1 Million Added NRHA European Futurity
  34. ^ In the Blood: Genetic Diversity & Super Marioo
  35. ^ Jason Vanlandingham earns Back to Back Million Dollar Competition Title on Gunnabebigtime
  36. ^ Owner’s Gamble Pays Off with Snapdragons in the Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby
  37. ^ Team Purple: The American Performance Horseman
  38. ^ Trash Talkin Spook & Andrea Fappani Find Their Groove
  39. ^ a b Bet on Andrea Fappani and All Bettss Are Off
  40. ^ Ten Thirty & Casey Deary Fire Big in NRHA Futurity
  41. ^ Tinker With Guns Joins List of Million Dollar Sires
  42. ^ Tinker With Guns Joins List of Million Dollar Sires
  43. ^ Guns In My Genes Slides to BOTW Futurity Open Title
  44. ^ Gunners Tinseltown Makes a Million
  45. ^ Gunners Tinseltown Makes a Million
  46. ^ a b Run For A Million Success Hasn't Changed Life For Champs Schmersal & McCutcheon
  47. ^ All Bettss Are Off & Fappani Win NRHA Futurity Level 4 Open
  48. ^ Down Right Amazing & Casey Deary Take On $1 Million Pursuit
  49. ^ Incredible! Back-to-Back American Wins for Down Right Amazing & Casey Deary
  50. ^ Down Right Amazing Is Nothing Short of It
  51. ^ Nu Cash
  52. ^ In the Past: Nu Cash
  53. ^ Top NRHA Stallion Nu Chex To Cash Dies at 30
  54. ^ Nu Chex To Cash: NRHA's Newest Three Million Dollar Sire
  55. ^ NRHA Three-Million Dollar Sire Nu Chex To Cash Passes
  56. ^ Wimpys Little Step - AQHA 1999 Palomino
  57. ^ Wimpys Little Step Jumps to an Historic NRHA Milestone of $13 Million
  58. ^ Wimpys Little Step Jumps to $13 Million
  59. ^ Wimpys Little Step Hits $13 Million in NRHA Progeny Earnings
  60. ^ Wimpys Little Step Becomes Second Sire Ever to Reach NRHA $7 Million Mark
  61. ^ Wimpys Little Step is the Youngest NRHA Three Million Dollar Sire
  62. ^ Wimpys Little Step Becomes National Reining Horse Association's Youngest Two Million Sire
  63. ^ Workaholic Turned Reiner
  64. ^ RC
FANCY
STEP
  65. ^ Muehlstaetter and his ‘Buddy’ up to NRBC Challenge
  66. ^ Yellow Jersey Joins NRHA Million Dollar Roster
  67. ^ Yellow Jersey Joins Million Dollar Roster
  68. ^ Wimpys Red Berry
  69. ^ Shawn Flarida & Wimps Quixote Cody Top Kentucky Reining Cup
  70. ^ 2013 Kentucky Reining Cup
  71. ^ Flarida Defends Title At Kentucky Reining Cup
  72. ^ Wimpys Little Step Offspring Makes AQHyA World Show Horsemanship Finals
  73. ^ Newest Adequan NAAC Champions Crowned
  74. ^ Adequan NAAC Silver Spurs Equine NRHA Rookie of the Year Champions at the 2013 NRHA Futurity in Oklahoma City
  75. ^ Standout All-Around Competitor Excels in New Pursuit, Wins NRHA Rookie of the Year at 2013 Futurity
  76. ^ 2014 Tulsa Reining Classic
  77. ^ Big Win for WLS Tinseltown at Clayton Woosley HOF Reining
  78. ^ In Loving Memory of Lenas Wimpys Rooster
  79. ^ Tulsa Reining Classic Draws Talent for USEF and CRI Reining
  80. ^ Mills, McCutcheon, and Reynolds Crowned Champions at 2017 USEF Reining National Championships
  81. ^ Christy Brasier, Montrose, Colorado
  82. ^ OKLAHOMA QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION Member Standings 2024
  83. ^ Ancillary Champions Crowned on Final Day of 6666 NRHA Derby
  84. ^ Courtney Battison of Battison Honda and Horse, Xtra Little Balou, Place in Las Vegas Reining Event
  85. ^ A Three Peat for Keith Ceddia and Xtra Dun Step in Congress Open Freestyle Reining
  86. ^ Something In The Water — Xtra Dun Step Wins Congress Open Freestyle
  87. ^ Freestyle Wows The Crowd!
  88. ^ From Dreams To Reality: Congress Champions
  89. ^ 2024 Congress Freestyle Reining Mashup
  90. ^ Nu Chexomatic Wins World Cup Reining Bronze Trophy Open Final
  91. ^ SVAG CS Classic, Cody Sapergia and Nu Chexomatic win the $30-added SVAG CS Classic NRHA Open
  92. ^ In the Blood: Heavy Duty Chex —WEG Part 3

References

  • All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Colonel Freckles retrieved on August 9, 2007
  • American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Colonel Freckles". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  • Holmes, Frank, ed. (2004). Legends 6: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-73-2.