Colonel Freckles

Colonel Freckles
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, 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 Freckles³⁴
- Colonel Leo Bar
- Doc Jewel Bars
- Colonelfourfreckle
  - Colonels Smoking Gun⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³
    - Gunners Special Nite¹⁴¹⁵⁶¹³
      - Baileys Not Painted
      - Modern Gun
      - Special Made Whiskey¹⁶¹⁷
      - Lenas Shining Gun¹⁸
      - Into The Nite
      - Guns And Dynamite
      - Alpha Onespecialnite
      - Gunner In The Nite
      - Shining At Nite¹⁹
      - Tagin Stiletto Chics²⁰²¹
      - CS Especially Moody²²
      - All Nite Partier²³²⁴²⁵
    - Gunnatrashya²⁶²⁷²⁸²⁹¹³
      - ARC Gunnabeabigstar³⁰³¹³²
        Gunnabeabrightstar
        
        Gunna Be First
        
        Walla Be A Big Star
        
        Gunnabeagreatdude³³
        
        Star Code
      - Gunna Stop
      - Gunnastepya
      - Super Marioo³⁴
      - Gunnabebigtime³⁵
      - Gunnaoutdunya
      - Snapdragons³⁶
      - Trash Talkin Spook³⁷³⁸³⁹
      - Finals Bound
      - Good Time To Trashya
      - Ten Thirty⁴⁰
      - Trashinyurdreams
    - Tinker With Guns⁴¹⁴²
      - Guns N Sparks
      - Tinker With Dreams
      - Guns N Dreams
      - Guns In My Genes⁴³
      - Whizzin Off With Guns
    - Gunners Tinseltown⁴⁴⁴⁵
      - MMB Chic Gun Renda
      - Setting Off To Town
      - Guns Required
    - Custom Made Gun⁴⁶
    - Always Gotyer Gunsup
    - Cannon Gun¹⁷
    - No Smoking Required⁴⁶
    - Gun Dun It
    - All Bettss Are Off⁴⁷²¹³⁹
    - Down Right Amazing⁴⁸⁴⁹⁵⁰
    - MMB Colonels Chexi
- Reveille Bar
- Colonel Flip
- Colonel Hotrodder
- Freckle Kid
- Freckles Top Brass
- Just Plain Colonel
- Nu Cash⁵¹⁵²
  - Nu Chex To Cash⁵³⁵⁴⁵⁵
    - Night Deposit Chex
    - NMSU Truckin Chex
    - Wimpys Little Step⁵⁶⁵⁷⁵⁸⁵⁹⁶⁰⁶¹⁶²
      - Dox Steppin Out⁶³
      - Dun Being Wimpy
      - RC Fancy Step⁶⁴
      - Smart Little Stepper
      - Wimpys Little Boss
      - Wimpys Little Buddy⁶⁵
      - Wimpys Little Cee
      - Wimpys Tinseltown
      - Yellow Jersey⁶⁶⁶⁷
      - 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 Berry⁶⁸
      - Wright On Wimpy
      - Curb Service
      - No Wimpy Cowboys
      - Step It Up Jak
      - Wimps Quixote Cody⁶⁹⁷⁰⁷¹
      - Wimpys Best Jac
      - Wimpys Show Stopper⁷²
      - 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 Yet⁷³⁷⁴⁷⁵
      - Spooks Smoken Wimpy⁷⁶
      - 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 Tinseltown⁷⁷
      - Berry Best Step
      - Jupiter Of Sun
      - Lenas Wimpys Rooster⁷⁸
      - Spooks Little Step
      - Sugar Pop Step Ahead
      - This Wimps So Fly
      - Wimps Cool Breeze⁷⁹⁸⁰
      - Wimpy Sparkles
      - Chics Want My Number⁸¹⁸²
      - Wimpy Chic
      - Xtra Little Balou⁸³⁸⁴
      - Xtra Dun Step⁸⁵⁸⁶⁸⁷⁸⁸⁸⁹
    - Hot Smokin Chex
    - Big Chex To Cash
    - Nu Chexomatic⁹⁰⁹¹
    - Lil Joe Cash¹³
      - Joes Got Cash
      - Pretty Has Cash
    - Nu Pops
    - Chexmaster
    - Heavy Duty Chex⁹²
  - 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

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.

External links

Colonel Freckles at Quarter Horse Directory
Colonel Freckles at Quarter Horse Legends Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[Holmes-1] 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

[Markel-6] 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

[Futurity-13] 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

[Little-17] 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

[Andrea-21] 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

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[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

[Run-46] 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

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[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

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