Ranger To Earn Ballydoyle Spurs Crack three-year-old US Ranger is set to join Ballydoyle maestro Aidan O'Brien.Trained in France by Jean-Claude Rouget, the son of Danzig won his first four starts before finishing a good seventh in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.He was last seen taking second place behind Tariq in the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot.The colt is jointly owned by Michael Tabor and Joseph Allen, whose racing manager Andy Smith told the Racing Post: 'US Ranger is being sent to Ballydoyle because there isn't really a programme for him in France and there are many more opportunities for him in England and Ireland.'After half of US Ranger was sold, it was always agreed that we would regroup after Ascot to reconsider his future.'This move is no reflection on Jean-Claude, who will be sent more horses in the future ? US Ranger was unbeaten in France.'(C) PA Sport
