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Busher Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1978

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Aqueduct Racetrack Jamaica, New York, USA

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
New York Racing Association

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

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 and one-sixteenth (1993 to present):

  • 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

    • Most wins by a jockey: Six jockeys have won this race twice.

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

    • Most wins by a Trainer:

  • 3 - John C. Kimmel (1995, 1997, 2001)
  • 2 - James W. Maloney (1978, 1979)

    • References

    Busher Stakes Wikipedia
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