Top Deck (horse)

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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 Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
unraced
Racing Awards
unraced
Honours
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: June 22, 2007.

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

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[edit] Life

He 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]

He 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]

He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame[4] in 1990.[6]

[edit] 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
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Simmons, Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares p. 118-119
  2. ^ Top Deck Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 22, 2007
  3. ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 144-145
  4. ^ a b AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  5. ^ Mattson The Real American Quarter Horse p. 25, 83
  6. ^ American Quarter Horse Foundation - Top Deck accessed on February 3, 2008

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