Top Moon (1960–1984) 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.Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest pp. 1250–1254 Rica Bar was a granddaughter of Three Bars (TB).Top Moon Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree
Racing career 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.
Breeding record 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.Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 144–145 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.
Death and honors Top Moon died in 1984 when he developed complications from an ear infection.
Top Moon was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame in 1999.
Pedigree
Notes
References
All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree for Top Moon accessed on June 27, 2007 AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 2, 2017
External links Top Moon at Quarter Horse Directory Top Moon at Quarter Horse Legends