Busher Stakes

Busher Stakes
Listed race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Jamaica, New York, USA
Inaugurated1978
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteNew York Racing Association
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Purse$125,000

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]

  1. ^ Busher Stakes | New York Racing Association "New York Racing Association - Aqueduct". Archived from the original on 2009-12-30. Retrieved 2010-02-12.