Count Lovely Leads Instanter, Busyridge Home at Suffolk, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-05

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Count Lovely Leads Instanter Busyridge Home at Suffolk SuffolkSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass June 4 Count Lovely a f ive year old Count Gallahad gelding owned and trained by Irvin White captured the best race of the afternoon a mile and a sixteenth trip for 5000 platers when he defeated In ¬ stanter and the hitherto unbeaten Busy ridge in the sixth running the distance in 146 This was the White campaigners third victory in nine tries this season Busy ridge who had taken six straight races at this meeting and who is consequently a great favorite with the public was at ¬ tempt a distance beyond six furlongs for the first time He appeared to be justify ¬ ing the confidence that had sent him to the post at odds of 8 to 5 at the head of the stretch but he tired in the final fur ¬ long finished a length and a half behind the winner and Instanter this pair only a nose apart apartMild Mild warm weather brought out a crowd of 12869 to see a featureless card the sport marking time until the Yankee Handicap that will close the meeting to ¬ morrow Favorites were generally unfor ¬ tunate and the victories of Zacamazuma in the second and Dukes Gal in the fourth provided only brief consolation for the form players While the strip of course was fast it may have been a little deep particularly in at the rail and times reg ¬ istered were slow throughout the afternoon


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