Dam Rica Bar Foaled 1960 Breeder James V. A. Carter Sire Moon Deck Grandsire Top Deck Color Black | Maternal grandsire Barred Country United States Breed American Quarter Horse Sex Stallion Discipline Horse racing | |
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Top Moon (born 1960) was a Quarter Horse racehorse and leading racehorse sire.
Life
Top Moon was a 1960 black stallion sired by Moon Deck out of Rica Bar. Rica Bar was a granddaughter of Three Bars (TB).
Top Moon raced for three years, starting forty times. In those starts he won fifteen times, came in second nine times and placed third five times. He attained a top speed rating of AAAT alongside earnings of $40,636.00. He won two stakes races, the PCQHRA Futurity and the Bardella Stakes.
As a breeding stallion, Top Moon sired Top Bug, Bug's Alive in 75, Moon Lark, Lady Bug's Moon, Casady Casanova, and Full Moon Zestee. Bugs Alive in 75 won the 1975 All American Futurity as well as being named 1975 Champion Quarter Running Stallion. Moon Lark won the All American Futurity in 1978 and was named 1978 Champion Quarter Running Two Year Old Colt, and 1979 World Champion Quarter Running Horse.
Top Moon was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame.