Racing during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Bunty Lawless competed for purse money that was very small.

In 1938, the horse was the top 3-year-old in Canada, and his victory in the King's Plate, his country's most prestigious race, was enormously popular with the public.

[2][3] In an era when millionaires still dominated Thoroughbred horse racing, the owner and breeder of Bunty Lawless was the opposite.

[4] Taken south of the border, he won the August 20th Bennington Handicap at Saratoga Race Course.

His other descendants include Canadian Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee Victoria Park.