Susan Moulton’s Solitary Ranger put on a dominating performance while
breaking his maiden in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000
Arlington-Washington Futurity at Arlington.
The Wayne Catalano charge broke sharply and was latched on to the outside of
pacesetter Lotsa Mischief, who led the field through strong opening fractions of
:22 4/5 and :46 2/5. Solitary Ranger started to wear down the leader on the far
turn and took over to post three-quarters in 1:11 4/5.
Eventual runner-up Whyruawesome attempted to launch bid at the top of the
stretch to pressure Solitary Ranger but got no closer than a half-length.
Solitary Ranger shook free from that rival and pulled away from the field to win
by 5 1/2 lengths.
The two-year-old colt crossed the wire in 1:38 for the one-mile test over the
Polytrack with Florent Geroux up. The 7-2 third choice paid his backers $9 to
win.
Whyruawsome got up for second while it was another 6 3/4 lengths back to
third-place finisher Cee ‘n O. Captain’s Affair, 3-1 favorite High Roll, Joedini
and Lotsa Mischief rounded out the order of finish. Gone Mountain and Mighty
Brown were both scratched.
Solitary Ranger made his racing debut on April 7 over Keeneland’s Polytrack
finishing second. He tried to break his maiden at the end of the month at the
same venue but had to settle for second again to No Nay Never. That rival was
subsequently sent overseas and captured the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal
Ascot and Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville.
A son of U S Ranger, Solitary Ranger is his sire’s first stakes winner and
now has a career mark of 3-1-2-0 and $109,000 in lifetime earnings.
Bred in Kentucky by Richard Forbush and the U S Ranger Syndicate, Solitary
Ranger is out of the Lil E. Tee mare Galileo’s Star. His second dam is June
Gale, who produced Grade 2-placed June’s Reward as well as stakes scorer Thanks
Tissar. The dark bay’s third dam is Sharyn Dear, who produced stakes winner
Currency Control.
Solitary Ranger sold as a yearling for $28,000 at the OBS August sale.
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