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Following up on the success of opening day of the OBS Spring 2-year-olds in training sale, Colonel John topped his auction-best result with a $300,000 filly selling on day 3 of the April 22-25 auction. The sale price is one of the top 10 highest paid through the first three days of the auction On […]

A juvenile from the first crop by Colonel John was the top-selling colt during the first day of the April 22-25 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2013 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training in central Florida. Hip No. 26, consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, went to Steven W. Young, Agent, for $290,000. The bay colt, […]

WinStar President & CEO Elliott Walden leads a roundtable discussion on the farm’s five exciting 2013 freshmen sires: Colonel John, Pioneerof the Nile, Kodiak Kowboy, U S Ranger and Maimonides. Stallion Seasons Director Gerry Duffy and Director of Development David Hanley join the lively discussion about these stallions and their first two-year-olds.

The first Colonel John yearling to sell at the Keeneland September sale brought a healthy winning bid of $250,000, more than 16 times his 2012 stud fee. The bay colt sold during session 3, on Sept. 12, with Wayne Lobdell signing the ticket for the Woods Edge Farm offering. Cataloged as hip No. 669, the […]

Hip No 114, a colt from the first crop of Colonel John consigned by Beth Bayer, Agent, went for $220,000 to top the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2012 Selected Yearling sale on Aug. 21. Bought by top 2-year-old trainer Wesley Ward, the bay colt is out of Bon Caro, by Bon Point (GB), and is […]

Led by a winning bid of $200,000 for hip No. 1 at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale in Lexington, Ky. on Tuesday, a total of four horses from the first crop of WinStar stallion Colonel John sold for an average price of $141,250, more than nine times his 2012 stud fee of $15,000. That average was […]

A pair of weanlings colts from the first crop of WinStar stallion Colonel John topped the six figure mark during day 3 of the Nov. 7-17 Keeneland November sale. Colonel John bankrolled more than $1.7 million in a stellar career that included wins in Travers S. (G1), Santa Anita Derby (G1) and Sham S. (G3). […]

Gary Smith of English Range Farm in Ocala, FL won the Colonel John First Recruits contest after his weanling colt – “Recruit No. 10” – had received the most votes at the close of the contest on Nov. 1. WinStar Farm awarded Smith top prize of a free 2012 breeding season back to the multiple […]

Breeders and fans have spoken. The initial platoon of 32 foals from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel John have been cut to 16. The Sweet 16 round began after noon on September 15th and will run through October 1st at noon, when the group will again be trimmed in half and […]

WinStar Farm has launched a campaign to promote the first crop of foals from their multiple Grade 1-winning stallion Colonel John. The campaign, dubbed “First Recruits”, features a contest using Facebook where the general public can cast votes – by clicking the “Like” button – on photos of 32 Colonel John foals that were selected […]