Top Deck (horse)
Unraced as a Thoroughbred, the stallion Top Deck (1945–1965) went on to become a famous sire of Quarter Horses.
| 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 | |
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]
Breeding record
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 20 years old when he died in 1965.[4]
Death and Honors
Top Deck died in 1965 in Purcell, Oklahoma.[1]
Top Deck was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1990.[4]
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
- Close and Simmons Legends pp. 118–119
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Top Deck
- Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 144–145
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Top Deck". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- Mattson Real American Quarter Horse pp. 25, 83
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Top Deck accessed on June 22, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Foundation – Top Deck accessed on September 2, 2017
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 2, 2017
- Close, Pat; Simmons, Diane, eds. (1993). Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-26-0.
- 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.