Dam River Boat Foaled 1945 Colour Brown Species Equus caballus Breeder King Ranch | Damsire Chicaro Country United States Owner J. B. Ferguson Sex Stallion Grandsire Equipoise | |
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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. 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.
Top Deck 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. Two of his sons were inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame – Go Man Go and Moon Deck. 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.
Top Deck was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. in 1990.