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AQHA HISTORY REPORT
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK BACK ON THE HISTORY OF THE
ARTICLE BY : AQHA
MORN DECK
Q-2160 IN 1999 , SANTA RIO QUARTER HORSE STUD ’ S , MORN DECK WAS INDUCTED INTO THE AUSTRALIAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME IN HONOUR OF HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTION TO
THE QUARTER HORSE BREED .
1999 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
Foaled at Robert Baldwin ’ s Quarter Horse Stud , “ Euroka ”, Walgett , NSW , Morn Deck is a son of imported stallion Lion Deck Q-880 who had won over US $ 34,500 in AAA Stake races in the USA . Lion Deck was by Jet Deck ( Moon Deck x Miss Night Bar ), a world champion race horse and multiple AAAT sire .
Lion Deck was out of Miss Ettaleo ( Leo x Sugarette Bars ) an AQHA and cutting champion , dam of race winners and multiple ROM winners . Morn Deck was out of the imported cutting mare Doc ’ s Misty Morn Q-594 , a daughter of Jandon ( Nahar x Right Lead , granddaughter of Man O War ) and the world famous chestnut stallion Doc Bar . Doc Bar ’ s sire , Lightning Bar was an AAA AQHA champion , son of Three Bars ( T . B . x Della P ). His dam was Dandy Doll , AA mare by Texas Dandy x Bar Maid F .
In 1977 , Morn Deck was purchased by Brian and Mathea Usher of Santa Rio Quarter Horse Stud at Tullamore , NSW . In 1979 , with his unbeatable conformation , temperament , pedigree and his “ look
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