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 (8 furlongs in 1978 and 1979 and at a mile and an eighth (9 furlongs) from 1985 to 1992. It was not run in 1986 and 1987.

Records

Speed Record:

At one mile (2018 to present):

1:37.69 - Espresso Shot (2019)

At one mile and one-sixteenth (1993 to 2017):

• 1:43.21 - It's Tricky (2011)

At one mile and an eighth (1985 to 1992):

• 1:50 - Kamikaze Rick (1985)
• 1:52 2/5 - I'm A Thriller (1991)
• 1:52 3/5 - Queen Of Triumph (1992)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Christiana Stables (1978, 1979)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Aaron Gryder (1998, 2004)
• 2 - Angel Cordero Jr. (1981, 1985)
• 2 - Joe Bravo (1993, 2001)
• 2 - Jorge F. Chavez (1992, 1997)
• 2 - Norberto Arroyo Jr. (2000, 2005)
• 2 - Ruben Hernandez (1978, 1979)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 - John C. Kimmel (1995, 1997, 2001)
• 3 - Jorge R. Abreu (2019, 2022, 2024)

Past Winners