Top Deck (horse)
| 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 |
| Record | unraced |
| Earnings | unraced |
| Major wins | |
| unraced | |
| Awards | |
| unraced | |
| Honours | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Unraced as a Thoroughbred, the stallion Top Deck (1945–1965) went on to become a famous sire of Quarter Horses.
Life
Top Deck was foaled in 1945 and was injured as a young foal, preventing a racing career.[1] 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.[2]
Top Deck died in 1965 in Purcell, Oklahoma.[1] He was the sire of Go Man Go, Rebel Cause, Top Ladybug, Mighty Deck, Decketta, War Machine and Moon Deck.[3] Two of his sons were inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame – Go Man Go and Moon Deck.[4] 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.[1] Two of his offspring earned the AQHA Supreme Champion award – Astro Deck and War Machine.[5]
Top Deck was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.[4] in 1990.[6]
Pedigree
| Peter Pan I | ||||||||||||||||
| Pennant | ||||||||||||||||
| *Royal Rose | ||||||||||||||||
| Equipoise | ||||||||||||||||
| Broomstick | ||||||||||||||||
| Swinging | ||||||||||||||||
| *Balancoire II | ||||||||||||||||
| Equestrian | ||||||||||||||||
| Fair Play | ||||||||||||||||
| Man o' War | ||||||||||||||||
| Mahubah | ||||||||||||||||
| Frilette | ||||||||||||||||
| Broomstick | ||||||||||||||||
| *Frillery | ||||||||||||||||
| Petticoat | ||||||||||||||||
| Top Deck | ||||||||||||||||
| =Spearmint | ||||||||||||||||
| *Chicle | ||||||||||||||||
| =Lady Hamburg II | ||||||||||||||||
| Chicaro | ||||||||||||||||
| Peter Pan I | ||||||||||||||||
| Wendy | ||||||||||||||||
| Remembrance | ||||||||||||||||
| River Boat | ||||||||||||||||
| *Teddy | ||||||||||||||||
| *Sir Gallahad 3rd | ||||||||||||||||
| =Plucky Liege | ||||||||||||||||
| Last Boat | ||||||||||||||||
| Man o' War | ||||||||||||||||
| Taps | ||||||||||||||||
| Shady | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- 1 2 3 Close and Simmons Legends pp. 118–119
- ↑ All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Top Deck
- ↑ Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 144–145
- 1 2 AQHA Hall of Fame
- ↑ Mattson Real American Quarter Horse pp. 25, 83
- ↑ American Quarter Horse Foundation – Top Deck
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Top Deck accessed on June 22, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Foundation – Top Deck accessed on November 11, 2010
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on October 31, 2011
- Mattson, Paul (1991). The Real American Quarter Horse: Versatile Athletes who proved Supreme. Wamego, KS: Premier Publishing. ISBN 1-879984-77-6.
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.
- Close, Pat; Simmons, Diane (editors) (1993). Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-26-0.