Black Easter Bunny

Horse infobox
horsename = Black Easter Bunny


caption = - Black Easter Bunny -
breed=Quarter Horse
discipline = Racing
sire = Hysition (TB)
grandsire = Hygro (TB)
dam = Flicka
damsire = Chicaro BIll
sex = Mare
foaled = 1949
country = United States
color = Black
breeder = Walter J. Culbertson
owner = Walter J. Culbertson
racerecord = 111-21-22-13, AAA speed rating
raceearnings = $40,228.00
raceawards=1952 Champion Quarter Running Three Year Old Filly, Superior Race Horse
honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated= January 10 2008

Black Easter Bunny was a Quarter Horse racehorse who raced during the early 1950s, winning many races against some of the giants of the breed.Nye "Great Moments in Quarter Horse Racing History" p. 104-106]

Life

Black Easter Bunny foaled in 1949 and was a black Quarter Horse mare. She was sired by Hysition, a Thoroughbred stallion, and her dam was a Quarter Horse mare named Flicka.Wagoner "Quarter Racing Digest" p. 115] Her dam traced back to Chicaro, a Thoroughbred, as well as tracing three times to Little Joe, a son of Traveler. [ [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/black+easter+bunny Black Easter Bunny Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree] retrieved on July 1, 2007]

On the track, Black Easter Bunny started 111 times, placing first in twenty-one of those races. She placed second twenty-two times and came in third thirteen times. She earned an AAA speed rating, and a total of $40,228.00 in purses and 136 AQHA racing points. In 1952 she was named Champion Quarter Running Three Year Old Mare.

In 1956, her then owner Walt Culbertson decided to retire from racing, and sold Black Easter Bunny to Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Childers of Fresno, California. Spencer Childers told Nelson C. Nye that when Black Easter Bunny came up for sale, Childers "offered his wife the choice of a new mink coat or Black Easter Bunny for Christmas. She did not hesitate a moment."Nye "The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse" p. 346-347] After retiring from racing, she produced five foals. All five started races, were winners, and earned their Race Register of Merits. Four were rated AAA, and the fifth was rated AAAT. In total, her five offspring earned $122,969.00 on the racetrack. Her daughter Bunny's Bar Maid was second in the 1961 All American Futurity as well as winning the Kansas Futurity.Nye "The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse" p. 347-348]

She was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame [ [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008] in 2002. [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/images/Black%20Easter%20Bunny.pdf American Quarter Horse Foundation - Black Easter Bunny] accessed February 3, 2007]

Pedigree

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1 = Black Easter Bunny
2 = Hysition (TB)
3 = Flicka
4 = Hygro (TB)
5 = Campion (TB)
6 = Chicaro Bill
7 = Kitty Wells
8 = Epinard (TB)
9 = Ruddy Light (TB)
10 = Campfire (TB)
11 = Inquistion (TB)
12 = Chicaro (TB)
13 = Verna Grace
14 = Joe Moore
15 = Lady Lou
16 = Badajoz (TB)
17 = Epine Blanche (TB)
18 = Honeywood (TB)
19 =Washoe Belle (TB)
20 = Olambala (TB)
21 = Nightfall (TB)
22 = Wrack (TB)
23 = Cowl (TB)
24 = *Chicle (TB)
25 = Wendy (TB)
26 = Little Joe
27 = Johnny Wilkens
28 = Little Joe
29 = Della Moore
30 = Little Joe
31 = Alice

Notes

References

* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/black+easter+bunny All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Black Easter Bunny] retrieved on July 1, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/images/Black%20Easter%20Bunny.pdf American Quarter Horse Foundation - Black Easter Bunny] accessed February 3, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Nye, Nelson C. "The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse: A Breeder's Guide and Turfman's Reference" New York:A. S. Barnes and Co. 1964
* Nye, Nelson C. "Great Moments in Quarter Racing History" New York:Arco 1983 ISBN 0-668-05304-6
* Wagoner, Dan "Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976" Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1976

External links

* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=33762&sex=mare Black Easter Bunny at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4 Black Easter Bunny at Quarter Horse Legends]