Just six juveniles line up in Saturday's GII Futurity S. at Belmont, but one could make a case for just about any of them. Favored on the morning line at 2-1 is Lets Go Stable's Ready Dancer (More Than Ready). The dark bay went from third to second to first in his first three starts, breaking through by daylight in the faster of two GI Travers S. day maidens for 2-year-old males at the Spa Aug. 29. Bumped at the start of the one-mile GI Champagne S. here Oct. 3, he was hung wide early before fading to a distant last after never seeming to get a hold of the sloppy track. Brought back here by Todd Pletcher just two weeks after that debacle, it seems likely that Ready Dancer's last effort can be forgiven. Full Salute (Speightstown) has been no worse than second from five prior tries. Second in both the grassy Tyro S. and one-mile Sapling S. at Monmouth Aug. 9 and Sept. 6, respectively, the Morris Bailey colorbearer earned a first stakes win in Parx's 6 1/2-furlong Hall of Fame S. Sept. 29. King Kranz (Munnings) is yet to earn his diploma, but owns the best last-out Beyer Speed Figure in the field and is tied with Ready Dancer for best career figure with an 85. The Zayat representative ran in spots before checking in fifth in his Saratoga debut Aug. 22, and found himself too far back over track and trip Sept. 19, rallying well to be a close third. The top two finishers in that race were one-two throughout, and were well-meant firsters who cost a combined $3.1 million at auction. Godolphin's Annual Report (Harlan's Holiday) brought $600,000 at this year's Fasig-Tipton Florida sale after a :10 2/5 breeze. Sent to Parx for his debut Sept. 20, the bay attended the pace and drew off to a 5 1/4-length score.
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