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 | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Cutting |
| Sire | Jewel's Leo Bars |
| Grandsire | Sugar Bars |
| Dam | Christy Jay |
| Maternal grandsire | Rey Jay |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1973 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Sorrel |
| Breeder | Marion Flynt |
| Other awards | |
| 1976 NCHA Futurity Champion | |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Colonel Freckles was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2004.[2]
Pedigree
edit| 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
edit- ^ a b c Holmes Legends 6 pp. 114–125
- ^ American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Colonel Freckles". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
References
edit- 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.
External links
edit- Colonel Freckles at Quarter Horse Directory
- Colonel Freckles at Quarter Horse Legends Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine