Black Easter Bunny

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Breed: Quarter Horse
Discipline: Racing
Sire: Hysition (TB)
Grandsire: Hygro (TB)
Dam: Flicka
Maternal grandsire: Chicaro BIll
Sex: Mare
Foaled: 1949
Country: United States
Color: Black
Breeder: Walter J. Culbertson
Owner: Walter J. Culbertson
Honors
Racing Record
111-21-22-13, AAA speed rating
Race Earnings
$40,228.00
Racing Awards
1952 Champion Quarter Running Three Year Old Filly, Superior Race Horse
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: 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.[1]

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[edit] 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.[2] Her dam traced back to Chicaro, a Thoroughbred, as well as tracing three times to Little Joe, a son of Traveler.[3]

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.[2]

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."[4] 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.[2] Her daughter Bunny's Bar Maid was second in the 1961 All American Futurity as well as winning the Kansas Futurity.[5]

She was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame[6] in 2002.[7]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Badajoz (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Epinard (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Epine Blanche (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hygro (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Honeywood (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ruddy Light (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Washoe Belle (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hysition (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Olambala (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Campfire (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nightfall (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Campion (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wrack (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inquistion (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cowl (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Black Easter Bunny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 *Chicle (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chicaro (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wendy (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chicaro Bill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Verna Grace
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johnny Wilkens
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Flicka
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Moore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Della Moore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kitty Wells
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lady Lou
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Alice
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Nye Great Moments in Quarter Horse Racing History p. 104-106
  2. ^ a b c Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 115
  3. ^ Black Easter Bunny Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on July 1, 2007
  4. ^ Nye The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse p. 346-347
  5. ^ Nye The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse p. 347-348
  6. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  7. ^ American Quarter Horse Foundation - Black Easter Bunny accessed February 3, 2007

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