Solitary Ranger, winner of last year's Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity, made his 3-year-old debut Sunday at Fair Grounds with a front-running victory going one mile in a first-level allowance contest for 3-year-olds over a yielding turf course.
Trained by Wayne Catalano for Susan Moulton, Solitary Ranger got a crafty ride from Florent Geroux to control the pace early, then had plenty in reserve to hold off all his challengers by one length (
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Bred in Kentucky by Richard Forbush and the U S Ranger Syndicate, Solitary Ranger is now 2-2-0 in five starts, with $134,743 in earnings. He is the leading earner for his sire, who stands for $5,000 and was one of only four 2013 first-crop stallions to sire a graded stakes winner.