Busher Stakes
The Busher Stakes is an American Thoroughbred stakes horse race for three-year-old fillies run each February at Aqueduct Race Track in Jamaica, New York and as of 2016 carries a purse of $125,000.
The Busher Handicap is named in honor of champion racing mare Busher, Champion Two Year Old Filly of 1944.
The race was run at 1 mile from 1985 to 1992. It was not run in 1986 and 1987.
Records
Speed Record:At one mile :
1:37.69 - Espresso Shot
At one mile and one-sixteenth :
- 1:43.21 - It's Tricky
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Aaron Gryder
- 2 - Angel Cordero Jr.
- 2 - Joe Bravo
- 2 - Jorge F. Chavez
- 2 - Norberto Arroyo Jr.
- 2 - Ruben Hernandez
- 3 - John C. Kimmel
- 3 - Jorge R. Abreu