Lanni stays busy at OBS

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni continued his OBS April shopping spree Wednesday, going to $700,000 to acquire a colt by Bernardini from the Northwest Stud consignment. Lanni, who was bidding on behalf of an undisclosed client, said the youngster will be trained by Bob...

Arrogate colt lights up at $1.45M during day 1 at OBS

On the day it was announced that the late Arrogate has been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, a colt (Hip 253) from the final crop of the brilliant champion summoned a final bid of $1.45 million from Donato Lanni, agent for Amr Zedan’s...

Defunded shows new dimension in Californian victory

Defunded, who usually likes to set the pace, has had gate issues in the past. This time Baffert was pleased when he saw Defunded standing in the gate “perfectly.” But timing is everything, and a fraction of a second before the gate opened, Defunded stepped...