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AUSTRALIAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Sire : LION DECK Q-880 Dam : DOC ’ S MISTY MORN Q-594
Profile : 7 / 10 / 1976-2 / 6 / 2009 • Chestnut • 362 Registered AQHA progeny Breeder : ROBERT BALDWIN TAMWORTH , NSW Owner : MATHEA USHER TULLAMORE , NSW
at me presence ”, Morn Deck won his Two Year Old Colt Halter Class , Grand Champion Stallion or Colt title , prior to winning the Supreme Champion Exhibit at Halter at the Australian Quarter Horse Championships . Morn Deck was exhibited at the Championships by Alan Larkin . Following the presentation of the Supreme Champion Exhibit , judge Mr . Larry Myerscough commented , “ He ’ s a super little horse !”
In 1980 , Morn Deck achieved an Australian first at the Australian Quarter Horse Championships by winning the Supreme National Champion Exhibit at Halter award for the second year in succession . Earlier on , Morn Deck who was handled by Phil Webb , was named the Champion Colt Three
Year Old and the Champion Stallion or Colt , before being named the Supreme Champion Exhibit at Halter . The Supreme Champion Exhibit title came down to two outstanding horses , Morn Deck and the Champion Mare Win O Peg ( imp ), owned by John and Donna Hofmann . The judges , Mr . Roger Reutenik and Mr . Sparks Rust Jnr ., announced Morn Deck as the Supreme Champion Exhibit at Halter .
In 1981 he was sashed as the Champion Stallion , and was also judged as the Supreme Exhibit of the Victorian State Championships . At the 1984 NSW Premier State Show Morn Deck was named the Senior Western Pleasure Champion , Amateur Owner Western Pleasure Champion , Amateur
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