Energetic Takes Honors In Roughly-Run Contest: Leads Jersey Isle Two Lengths In Sunrise Purse at Jamaica, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-15

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Energetic Takes Honors In RoughlyRun Contest ContestLeads Leads Jersey Isle Two Lengths In Sunrise Purse at Jamaica JamaicaJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N ST May 14 Only four horses went postward in the featured Sunrise Purse at Jamaica today but they managed to provide as rough a contest as has been offered all season The last of ¬ fender was King Ranchs Energetic who reached the end of the mile and a six ¬ teenth two lengths before Harvey Frue hauf s Jersey Isle after crowding that filly just above the eighth pole Jersey Isle however had forced Maine Chance Farms Lady Jacomar to take back earlier in the race and no foul was claimed Lardy Jaco ¬ mar finished third two and a half lengths away and eighth lengths before Louis I Greenbergs Cer Vantes VantesEddie Eddie Arcaro completed a double on Energetic having won the opening dash on Victor Emanuels Hypeace The win ¬ ner paid 590 after having been a beaten favorite in his five previous starts The time was a moderate 147 over a track classified as sloppy sloppyGloomy Gloomy weather and moderate program failed to deter the enthusiastic 19440 who passed througlrthe turnstiles Hypeace was the only winning favorite through the fea ¬ ture event eventLady Lady Jacomar Jersey Isle and Cer Vantes raced as a team several lengths be ¬ fore Energetic in the early stages of the Sunrise and Arcaro was scrubbing mildly on Energetic to keep him within striking distance Jersey Isle passed Lady Jacomar halfway down the backstretch then ap ¬ peared to come over forcing Joe Li Causi to take backi At the same moment Ener ¬ getic began to move up on the outside and Cer Vantes faltered Energetic came into the stretch a neck before Jersey Isle who led Lady Jacomar another length and bore in onthe favorite is they began the drive to the wire Ener ¬ getic went on to score with authorit r after laying on Jersey Isle for a tew strides while that filly had no trouble saving the place from the tiring Lady Jacomar Cer CerVantes Vantes didnlt insist t the lend v


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