Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
Ready Dancer sat the trip to score a smart win in an allowance race for three-year-olds, going 1 1/8 miles at Belmont yesterday afternoon VIDEO.
Away in good order from post position 8 of 8, Ready Dancer was out-footed early and jockey Joel Rosario thought best to bide his time in fourth some six lengths back racing down the backstretch.
Relatively unchanged through solid opening splits of :23.68 and :46.99, Ready Dancer began to advance around the far turn as Realm (4) looked to collar pacesetter Cadeyrn (5). Those two battled on even turns as Ready Dancer loomed boldly towards the top of the stretch.
Set down for the drive with steady urging from Rosario, Ready Dancer respond and rolled by Realm and Cadeyrn mid-stretch crossing the wire 3 1/2 lengths in front of a late running Conviction (3) in a final time of 1:48.74 CHART.