Busk (USA)

Country

United States

Foal Date

04-Mar-21

Colour

dark bay or brown

Sire

Candy Ride

Dam

Puskita

Prize Money

$371356

Trainer

Manuel Chavez

Owners

Jim Tichenor

About

Busk is a 4yo dk b/br from the United States trained by Manuel Chavez. He is by Candy Ride out of Puskita. To date, Busk has captured nine victories. On 19 June 2025 at Churchill Downs, he earned his most important win, taking the $60,000 Race 3. The horse has been a lucrative choice for bettors, delivering a 68% return on investment for anyone who backed him throughout his career.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Churchill Downs 18-Sep-25 1207m R2 Race 2 $6,000 (of $60,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:09.760, SP: 2.10 broke outwardly, brushed a rival and was corrected by a hard left hand rein, prompted inside of the leader before being wrangled back with nine sixteenths to go, stalked the embattled leading pair from the three to five path into the lane, chased while lacking progress through upper stretch yet ran on well to belatedly close the gap in the late stages.	C Barbosa 55.8kg 1.10L	3 (5)
Colonial Downs 22-Aug-25 1207m R8 Race 8 $31,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:09.200, SP: 3.00 was settled back off the pace came about five wide around the turn and seven wide into the upper stretch, was bumped late into the stretch and closed late on the outside to prove best.	C Barbosa 55.3kg	1 (7)
Fairmount Park 20-Jul-25 1207m FIRM R7 Race 7 $28,350 (of $45,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:11.170, SP: 1.67 vied for the lead in the four path, took command in the two path around the turn, and edged clear in the three path down the lane.	C Barbosa 57.2kg	1 (7)
Churchill Downs 19-Jun-25 1207m FIRM R3 Race 3 $37,800 (of $60,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:08.760, SP: 2.00 pressed two wide, bid entering the lane, vied while forging an advantage in midstretch and drove clear.	C Barbosa 55.8kg	1 (6)
Churchill Downs 26-May-25 1207m FIRM R4 Race 4 $37,800 (of $60,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:09.680, SP: 2.25 pressed the pace two wide,made a two to three wide bid nearing the quarter pole to take over, came three wide of the bend while shaking clear and then kicked away in the final furlong to prove best under mild left handed crop urging.	C Barbosa 55.8kg	1 (7)
Horseshoe Indianapolis 06-May-25 1207m FIRM R5 Race 5 $14,565 (of $23,120) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:09.010, SP: 2.63 pressed the pace outside of the leader, bid on the far turn and drew off under a steady drive.	C Barbosa 56.2kg	1 (7)
Keeneland 12-Apr-25 1207m FIRM R1 Race 1 $31,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:10.610, SP: 5.50 pressed outside of the leader, was kept at bay through midstretch, yet closed in gradually to reach even terms entering the final sixteenth and drove past late.	C Barbosa 53.5kg	1 (6)
Turfway Park 22-Mar-25 1207m FIRM R1 Race 1 $13,608 (of $21,600) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:10.690, SP: 3.00 sharp speed to the front, set all pace well handled to clear off in the stretch under stout handling to the wire.	C Barbosa 56.2kg	1 (8)
Turfway Park 09-Mar-25 1207m FIRM R8 Race 8 $3,080 (of $15,400) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:13.120, SP: 1.67 speed to front, cleared to stretch dug in but could not contain winner in the late stages while best of the rest.	A Jimenez 57.2kg 2.00L	2 (6)
Turfway Park 23-Feb-25 1307m FIRM R4 Race 4 $9,702 (of $15,400) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:19.500, SP: 3.50 bore out start, reloaded, slammed rival start quick to lead all calls cleared away under stout handling late.	J D Ramos 55.8kg	1 (9)
Turfway Park 06-Feb-25 1307m R5 Race 5 $334 (of $27,800) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:19.050, SP: 7.00 outside speed to clear quickly dueled into stretch, stopped.	A Jimenez 56.2kg 0.00L	10 (10)
Turfway Park 07-Dec-24 1307m FIRM R8 Race 8 $516 (of $81,001) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:15.640, SP: 15.00 never a serious threat.	A Jimenez 53.5kg 10.35L	11 (12)
Presque Isle Downs 23-Oct-24 1207m FIRM R1 Md $18,900 (of $30,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:09.390 sprinted to a clear lead soon after the start, held sway unchallenged, drew off in the stretch and was kept to the task.	G A Martinez 54.9kg	1 (5)
Presque Isle Downs 04-Oct-24 1207m FIRM R2 Md $5,999 (of $18,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:09.950, SP: 13/5 Led upper,willingly	R Montanez 54.9kg 0.50L	2 (6)