{{Short description|American Standardbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Precious Bunny | image_name = | caption = |breed= Standardbred | sire = Cam Fella | grandsire = Most Happy Fella | dam = Bunny's Wish | damsire = B G's Bunny | sex = Stallion | foaled = May 6, 1988 | country = United States | colour = Bay | breeder = | owner = R. Peter Heffering | trainer = William G. Robinson | record = 39:21-5-4<ref name="harnessracing.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.harnessracing.com/news/3newlivinghorsehalloffamemembers.html | title=3 new Living Horse Hall of Fame members }}</ref> | earnings = $2,281,142 | race = North America Cup (1991)<br>Meadowlands Pace (1991)<br>Art Rooney Pace (1991)<br>Adios Pace(1991)<br>Little Brown Jug (1991)<br>Cleveland Classic (1991)<br>NJSS Final (1991)<br>Windy City Pace (1991) | awards = American Harness Horse of the Year (1991)<br>Canadian Harness Horse of the Year (1991) | honors = Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame<br>(2004)<br>United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame (2014) | updated = December 13, 2016 }}
'''Precious Bunny''' (May 6, 1988 - April 15, 2015) is a bay Standardbred pacer and sire.
==Background== Precious Bunny is a bay horse bred in Cranbury, New Jersey. He was sired by Cam Fella who won the Cane Pace and Messenger Stakes in 1982. His dam Bunny's Wish was a daughter of B Gs Bunny. He was trained to be a harness racer. He was trained by Bill Robinson and usually driven by Jack Moiseyev.
==Racing career== In 1990, Precious Bunny ran fourteen times, recording his only success in a New Jersey Sire Stakes.
As a three-year-old in 1991 Precious Bunny won twenty of his twenty-five races. In June, he won the $1 million North America Cup at Greenwood Raceway in June. In the following month he was matched against Artsplace, the leading two-year-old pacer of 1990 in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace at Meadowlands Racetrack. Starting second in the betting, Precious Bunny overtook Artsplace on the backstretch and drew away in the straight to win by two lengths in a time of 1:49.4, one of the fastest times ever recorded in harness racing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19910713&id=CbBdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t10NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6601,1891171|title = Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> He later won the Art Rooney Pace and the Adios Pace.<ref name=CHOF/>
On September 19 the colt started favorite for the Little Brown Jug at Delaware, Ohio. Racing in front of a record crowd of 52,967 Precious Bunny won his heat in 1:54.1, before winning the final in 1:55.0, beating Nuke Skywalker by three quarters of a length. After the race, Moiseyev said "This is the first time I really started him up that fast. He felt good... He's done everything we have asked him to do and he proved himself today".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19910919&id=-K9dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tl0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3064,2905197|title = Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search}}</ref>
In the Autumn of 1991, Precious Bunny added victories in the Cleveland Classic, NJSS final and Windy City Pace.
==Stud record== Precious Bunny was retired to stud at Hickory Lane Horse Farm in Findlay, Ohio. He was exported to New Zealand in 2000. He is the sire of Bunny Lake – the United States Harness Horse of the Year in 2001, Precious Delight, Stout, Bunny's Express Lane, and PB Bullville, who set a record for three-year old pacers of 1:48 for the mile.<ref name=CHOF/>
==Honors== Precious Bunny was voted Harness Horse of the Year in 1991. He was elected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2004,<ref name=CHOF>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/standardbred/2004/preciousbunny.html |title=Precious Bunny |work=Hall of Fame |publisher=Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame |access-date=February 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204123442/http://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/standardbred/2004/preciousbunny.html |archive-date=December 4, 2010 }}</ref> and the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2014.<ref name="harnessracing.com"/>
==Pedigree== {{Pedigree |name = Precious Bunny (USA), bay stallion, 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/precious+bunny|title = Precious Bunny Standardbred}}</ref> |inf = |f = Cam Fella (USA)<br />1979 |m = Bunny's Wish (USA)<br />1982 |ff = Most Happy Fella (USA)<br />1967 |fm = Nan Cam (USA)<br />1971 |mf = B G's Bunny (USA)<br />1973 |mm = Last Wish (USA)<br />1974 |fff = '''Meadow Skipper''' |ffm = Laughing Girl |fmf = '''Bret Hanover''' |fmm = Nan Frost |mff = Albatross |mfm = Bret's Romance |mmf = Romeo Hanover |mmm = Bye Bye Time |ffff = Dale Frost |fffm = Countess Vivian |ffmf = Good Time |ffmm = Maxine's Dream |fmff = Adios |fmfm = Brenna Hanover |fmmf = Dale Frost |fmmm = Mynah Hanover |mfff = '''Meadow Skipper''' |mffm = Voodoo Hanover |mfmf = '''Bret Hanover''' |mfmm = Knights Embassy |mmff = Dancer Hanover |mmfm = Romola Hanover |mmmf = Bye Bye Byrd |mmmm = High Time }}
*Precious Bunny was inbred 3 x 4 to Meadow Skipper and Bret Hanover, meaning that these stallions appear in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree.
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:1988 racehorse births Category:American Standardbred racehorses Category:American Champion harness horses Category:Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees Category:United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees Category:Racehorses bred in New Jersey Category:Harness Horse of the Year winners Category:Harness racing in the United States Category:Little Brown Jug winners