The first was Precious Bunny in 1991, who set a Meadowlands Pace record, tearing up the mile in 1:494/5 .

"Presidential Ball is a step ahead of Precious Bunny," said Bill Robinson, the trainer of both horses.

But, in my opinion, for him to be compared to a Precious Bunny or Presidential Ball, well, he'll have to keep on winning for the entire season.

The victory by Precious Bunny, a son of Cam Fella, was his ninth in 11 starts.

Bill Robinson, the trainer for Precious Bunny, said arthroscopic surgery had shown that the horse had fluid in his lungs.

The scratching of Precious Bunny, who was the 3-5 favorite, makes the Cane Pace more of an open race now.

He won the $1 million Meadowlands Pace with Precious Bunny on July 12.

Only Precious Bunny has won both, in 1991.

Precious Bunny (1991) and Presidential Ball (1993) did it before him.

He's absolutely a great horse, but to be compared to a Precious Bunny, you have to do it for the whole year.