Versatile multiple Grade 1 winner of $1,779,012, Colonel John is the leading money winner at stud by Champion Sire Tiznow.
A stakes winner and Grade 1 performer every year he raced, Colonel John won five $100,000+ stakes from coast to coast, and ranked among the top members of his generation every year he raced, at two, three, and four.
- Won $1,000,000 Travers S. (G1) at the American Classic distance of 1 ¼ miles
- Won $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) with 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.16
- Set stakes record at 8 1/2f and ran 2nd in $750,000 CashCall Futurity (G1) at two; Experimental-weighted at 116
- Stakes winner at 8f on turf in 1:32 3/5 and 2nd in $350,000 Goodwood S. (G1) on all-weather at four
One of the few stallions to win stakes on dirt, turf and all-weather surfaces, Colonel John was bred to 135 mares his first season, in 2010, and 128 mares in 2011. His first weanlings sold at Keeneland November, and he was the Leading Freshman Sire by North American weanling average -
$105,900 (10 sold).