Colonel Freckles Explained

Horsename:Colonel Freckles
Breed:Quarter Horse
Discipline:Cutting
Sire:Jewel's Leo Bars
Grandsire:Sugar Bars
Dam:Christy Jay
Damsire:Rey Jay
Sex:Stallion
Foaled:1973
Country:United States
Color:Sorrel
Breeder:Marion Flynt
Otherawards: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]

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Notes and References

  1. Holmes Legends 6 pp. 114–125
  2. Web site: Colonel Freckles . AQHA Hall of Fame . American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) . American Quarter Horse Association . August 30, 2017 .