Top Deck (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Top Deck


caption = - Top Deck -
sire = Equestrian
grandsire = Equipoise
dam = River Boat
damsire = Chicaro
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1945
country = United States
colour = Brown
breeder = King Ranch
owner = J. B. Ferguson
trainer =
record = unraced
earnings = unraced
race = unraced
awards=unraced
honours = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated= June 22 2007

Unraced as a Thoroughbred, the stallion Top Deck went on to become a famous sire of Quarter horses.

Life

He was foaled in 1945 and was injured as a young foal, preventing a racing career.Simmons, "Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" p. 118-119] His sire was a grandson of Man o' War named Equestrian. His dam was a daughter of Chicaro, a horse known for speed at the short distances. [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/top+deck Top Deck Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree] retrieved on June 22, 2007]

He died in 1965 in Purcell, Oklahoma. He was the sire of Go Man Go, Rebel Cause, Top Ladybug, Mighty Deck, Decketta, War Machine and Moon Deck.Pitzer "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" p. 144-145] Two of his sons were inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame - Go Man Go and Moon Deck. [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008] He sired 440 Quarter Horse foals, with four AQHA Champions, 219 Race Registers of Merit, twelve Performance Registers of Merit and twenty-one Superior Race Horse awards. Two of his offspring earned the AQHA Supreme Champion award - Astro Deck and War Machine.Mattson "The Real American Quarter Horse" p. 25, 83]

He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1990. [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/images/Top%20Deck.pdf American Quarter Horse Foundation - Top Deck] accessed on February 3, 2008]

Pedigree

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1 = Top Deck
2 = Equestrian
3 = River Boat
4 = Equipoise
5 = Frilette
6 = Chicaro
7 = Last Boat
8 = Pennant
9 = Swinging
10 = Man o' War
11 = *Frillery
12 = *Chicle
13 = Wendy
14 = *Sir Gallahad 3rd
15 = Taps
16 = Peter Pan I
17 = *Royal Rose
18 = Broomstick
19 = *Balancoire II
20 = Fair Play
21 = Mahubah
22 = Broomstick
23 = Petticoat
24 = =Spearmint
25 = =Lady Hamburg II
26 = Peter Pan I
27 = Remembrance
28 = *Teddy
29 = =Plucky Liege
30 = Man o' War
31 = Shady

Notes

References

* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/top+deck All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Top Deck] retrieved on June 22, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/images/Top%20Deck.pdf American Quarter Horse Foundation - Top Deck] accessed on February 3, 2008
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Mattson, Paul "The Real American Quarter Horse: Versatile Athletes who proved Supreme" Wamego, Kansas:Premier Publishing 1991 ISBN 1-879984-77-6
* Pitzer, Andrea Laycock "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" Tacoma, WA:Premier Pedigrees 1987
* Simmons, Diance C. "Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1993

External links

* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=5427 Top Deck at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222223222 Top Deck at Quarter Horse Legends]