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WinStar Farm’s Colonel John made quite a splash on the 2015 Third-Crop Sire list, with his $4,278,724 progeny earnings ranking second to only fellow WinStar stallion Pioneerof the Nile, sire of Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner American Pharoah. Colonel John, along with Pioneerof the Nile, was the only Third-Crop sire to have more […]

Airoforce, already a graded stakes winner on the turf, made his debut on the dirt in Saturday’s $250,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) and came away 1 ¾-length winner over a sloppy Churchill Downs main track. Airoforce, also runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) a month ago, is Colonel John’s leading earner and […]

Little Nick V. rallied in deep stretch to take the $100,000 Juvenile Turf S. at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, the first stakes win for the 2-year-old Colonel John colt who was making just his third lifetime start. Colonel John leads all third crop sires in both winners (78) and wins (116) and is the only […]

Colonel John, the nation’s leading third crop sire by winners and wins, has two chances to cap off a great year with 2-year-old colts entered in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland. The $1 million Juvenile Turf, which runs Friday at 3:30 p.m. ET, drew a field of 14 with […]

John Oxley’s undefeated Airoforce shored up his spot in the Breeders’ Cup with a win in Sunday’s $250,000 Dixiana Bourbon S. (G3) at Keeneland [VIDEO]. He joins fellow 2-year-old colt Cocked and Loaded, who also qualified with an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup with a win in last month’s Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill […]

A colt by Colonel John was the session-topper during Thursday’s Keeneland September Yearling sale, with trainer Ken McPeek going to $170,000 to secure hip No. 3164. Consigned by Wendy Noel Sales, agent, the bay Kentucky-bred is the first foal out of Wildcat Dreamer, a daughter of Western Dreamer, who was a stakes winner at two […]

Colonel John’s top 2-year-old Cocked and Loaded powered to a two-length victory in the $150,000 Iroquois S. (G3) on Saturday at Churchill Downs, setting him up for a start in the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland. Cocked and Loaded got out of the gate smoothly and settled into a good spot in […]

Colonel John, the leading Third-crop sire of winners, has a rising star on his roster with Cocked and Loaded, who ran his record to a perfect 2-for-2 with a come-from-behind victory in the $250,000 Tremont S. Friday at Belmont Park. After breaking very alertly from rail, Irad Ortiz, Jr. let Cocked and Loaded settle into […]

Lieutenant Colonel battled to a game head victory in his first lifetime start Saturday at Gulfstream Park, making the 3-year-old colt the sixth winner of 2015 for his sire Colonel John.  Colonel John finished ranked fourth on the 2014 Second-crop Sire list, and is right back in a similar spot as his third crop hits […]

The OBS Spring Sale of Two-year-olds in Training saw a filly by Colonel John garner a winning bid of $310,000, more than 17 times his 2014 stud fee of $17,500. Colonel John currently ranks fifth on the 2014 Second Crop Sire list, with the $100,000 OBS Championship S. winner Here’s Johnny his top earner this […]