# Jet Deck

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{{short description|Quarter Horse racehorse and sire}}
{{Infobox named horse
| horsename = Jet Deck
| image = 
| caption = 
| breed = [Quarter Horse](/source/American_Quarter_Horse)
| discipline = [Racing](/source/Horse_racing)
| sire = [Moon Deck](/source/Moon_Deck_(horse))
| grandsire = [Top Deck (TB)](/source/Top_Deck_(horse))
| dam = Miss Night Bar
| damsire = Barred
| sex = [Stallion](/source/Stallion)
| foaled = 1960
| death_date = {{death date|1971|08|26}}
| country = United States
| color = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse))
| breeder = William and James Carter
| racerecord = 31 starts: 22-4-2<br>AAAT [speed rating](/source/Speed_index)
| 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](/source/American_Quarter_Horse_Hall_of_Fame)
}}

'''Jet Deck''' (1960–1971) was a [Quarter Horse](/source/Quarter_horse) [racehorse](/source/racehorse) and [sire](/source/sire).

==Life==

Foaled April 19, 1960, in [California](/source/California), Jet Deck was the offspring of [Moon Deck](/source/Moon_Deck_(horse)) 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)](/source/Three_Bars_(horse)).<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](/source/stakes_race) winner and was named by the [American Quarter Horse Association](/source/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](/source/Speed_index) 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 [barbiturate](/source/barbiturate)s 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](/source/Easy_Jet_(horse)), Jet Smooth, Jet Threat, and Mr Jet West.<ref name=Pitzer/>

== Honors ==
Jet Deck was inducted into the [AQHA Hall of Fame](/source/American_Quarter_Horse_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'''<!--b. 1960--><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<!--b. 1965-->
**[Easy Jet](/source/Easy_Jet_(horse))<!--b. 1967--><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<!--b. 1973-->
***Megahertz<!--b. 1974-->
***My Easy Credit<!--b. 1974-->
***Easy Move<!--b. 1975-->
***Extra Easy<!--b. 1977-->
***Pie In The Sky<!--b. 1977-->
***Easily Smashed<!--b. 1978-->
***Mr Trucka Jet<!--b. 1983-->
**Jet Threat<!--b. 1967-->
**Jet Charger<!--b. 1968-->
**Tony B Deck<!--b. 1968-->
**Jet Royale<!--b. 1969-->
**Mr Jet West<!--b. 1972-->
{{tree list/end}}

==Pedigree==
{{Ahnentafel
|1 = Jet Deck
|2 = [Moon Deck](/source/Moon_Deck_(horse))
|3 = Miss Night Bar
|4 = [Top Deck (TB)](/source/Top_Deck_(horse))
|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)](/source/Three_Bars_(horse))
|13 = Ready
|14 = Midnight Jr
|15 = Myrna Loy
|16 = [Equipoise (TB)](/source/Equipoise_(horse))
|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==
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==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]

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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)

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