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.

[1] Speed Record: At one mile (2018 to present): 1:37.69 - Espresso Shot (2019) At one mile and one-sixteenth (1993 to 2017): At one mile and an eighth (1985 to 1992): Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: