Jet Deck

{{short description|Quarter Horse racehorse and sire}} {{Infobox named horse | horsename = Jet Deck | image = | caption = | breed = Quarter Horse | discipline = Racing | sire = Moon Deck | grandsire = Top Deck (TB) | dam = Miss Night Bar | damsire = Barred | sex = Stallion | foaled = 1960 | death_date = {{death date|1971|08|26}} | country = United States | color = Bay | breeder = William and James Carter | racerecord = 31 starts: 22-4-2<br>AAAT speed rating | raceearnings = $200,625.00 | racewins = {{Plainlist| * Los Alamitos Futurity * PCQHRA Futurity * Los Alamitos Championship * PCQHRA Derby }} | raceawards= 1963 World Champion Quarter Running Horse | honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame }}

'''Jet Deck''' (1960–1971) was a Quarter Horse racehorse and sire.

==Life==

Foaled April 19, 1960, in California, Jet Deck was the offspring of Moon Deck and a daughter of Barred named Miss Night Bar.<ref name=Legends2>Simmons, et al. ''Legends 2'' pp. 164–165</ref> Miss Night Bar was a granddaughter of Three Bars (TB).<ref name=Pedigree>[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/jet+deck Jet Deck Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree] retrieved on June 23, 2007</ref>

== Racing career == Jet Deck was a multiple stakes winner and was named by the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) the 1962 Champion Quarter Running Two Year Old Colt and Stallion, as well as the 1963 World Champion Quarter Running Horse.<ref name=Legends2/> He raced for two years, with thirty-one starts. He won twenty-two of his starts, four times coming in second and placing third twice. He earned forty-two AQHA racing points to go with his money earnings of $200,625.00. His highest speed rating was AAAT.<ref name=Digest>Wagoner ''Quarter Racing Digest'' pp. 530–534</ref>

== Breeding record and death == After Jet Deck's racing career, he was retired to stud duties, but died on August 26, 1971, from an injection of barbiturates into his bloodstream. The identity of the person who injected him has never been determined.<ref name=Legends2/> Before his death, he sired 383 race Register of Merit earning horses, several world champion Quarter running horses, two AQHA High Point horses, and five AQHA Champions.<ref name=Pitzer>Pitzer ''Most Influential Quarter Horse Stallions'' pp. 57–58</ref> Among his offspring are Easy Jet, Jet Smooth, Jet Threat, and Mr Jet West.<ref name=Pitzer/>

== Honors == Jet Deck was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jet Deck |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/jet-deck? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=September 1, 2017}}</ref>

==Sire line tree== {{tree list}} *'''Jet Deck'''<ref>[https://www.aqha.com/-/jet-deck Jet Deck: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1991.]</ref><ref>[https://okqha.org/portfolio-item/jet-deck/ OQHA: Jet Deck]</ref><ref name="MEMORIES">[https://www.speedhorse.com/articles/memories-of-jet-deck-2/ Memories of Jet Deck]</ref> **Jet Smooth **Easy Jet<ref>[https://www.aqha.com/-/easy-j-1 Easy Jet: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1993.]</ref><ref>[https://okqha.org/portfolio-item/easy-jet/ OQHA: Easy Jet]</ref> ***Sunset Gallant Jet ***Megahertz ***My Easy Credit ***Easy Move ***Extra Easy ***Pie In The Sky ***Easily Smashed ***Mr Trucka Jet **Jet Threat **Jet Charger **Tony B Deck **Jet Royale **Mr Jet West {{tree list/end}}

==Pedigree== {{Ahnentafel |1 = Jet Deck |2 = Moon Deck |3 = Miss Night Bar |4 = Top Deck (TB) |5 = Moonlight Night |6 = Barred |7 = Belle of Midnight |8 = Equestrian (TB) |9 = River Boat (TB) |10 = Peace Pipe (TB) |11 = Mae |12 = Three Bars (TB) |13 = Ready |14 = Midnight Jr |15 = Myrna Loy |16 = Equipoise (TB) |17 = Frilette (TB) |18 = Chicaro (TB) |19 = Last Boat (TB) |20 = *Under Fire (TB) |21 = Loving Cup (TB) |22 = The Dun Horse |23 = La Bergeron |24 = Percentage (TB) |25 = Myrtle Dee (TB) |26 = Red Joe Of Arizona |27 = Ruby by Red Cloud |28 = Midnight |29 = Salty |30 = Pankey's Lucky |31 = Pankey mare}}

==Notes== {{reflist|40em}}

==References== {{refbegin}} * ''[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/jet+deck All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Jet Deck]'' retrieved on June 23, 2007 * [https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on September 1, 2017 * {{cite book |author= Pitzer, Andrea Laycock |title= The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires |year= 1987 |publisher= Premier Pedigrees |location= Tacoma, WA }} * {{cite book |editor1=Simmons, Diane |editor2= Goodhue, Jim |editor3= Holmes, Frank Wakefield |editor4= Livingston, Phil |title= Legends 2: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares |url=https://archive.org/details/legendsoutstandi00simm |url-access=registration |publisher=Western Horseman |location= Colorado Springs, CO |year=1994|isbn=0-911647-30-9}} * {{cite book |author=Wagoner, Dan |title= Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 |year= 1976 |publisher= Equine Research |location= Grapevine, TX }} {{refend}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130619210910/http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=4243 Jet Deck at Quarter Horse Directory] * [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home42222 Jet Deck at Quarter Horse Legends]

Category:Racehorses bred in California Category:Racehorses trained in the United States Category:American Quarter Horse racehorses Category:American Quarter Horse sires Category:1960 racehorse births Category:1971 racehorse deaths Category:AQHA Hall of Fame (horses)