by rob_onlion | May 17, 2024 | Media
Fate and/or luck, take your choice, often spells the difference between great success and epic failure. In the case of Imagination , some silence at the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale turned out to be quite fortunate for “The Avengers” and...
by rob_onlion | May 3, 2024 | Media
Messier scored a redemptive victory to give jockey Jose Gomez his first career graded stakes victory in Friday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Westchester at Belmont at the Big A. The Westchester win marked Messier’s third career Grade 3 victory, adding to scores in the...
by rob_onlion | Apr 19, 2024 | Media
During the 2023 Spring sale, 698 horses sold for $90,805,000. On behalf of various clients, Lanni purchased the top offering at each of the auctions’ four sessions. He purchased the sale’s top-priced horse, a filly by Tiz the Law, for $1.9 million...
by rob_onlion | Apr 18, 2024 | Media
Without a breakout horse and numerous outs, the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training dutifully marched through its paces Thursday, with a colt by Nyquist attracting the session’s highest price of $550,000 late in the...
by rob_onlion | Apr 17, 2024 | Media
A filly by Tiz the Law brought the auction’s top price so far when selling for $1.9 million to Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Michael Lund Petersen. The seven-figure purchase was part of a frenzied day of bidding for Lanni, who signed for six of...
by rob_onlion | Apr 17, 2024 | Media
Agent Donato Lanni went to $800,000 to secure hip 351, a gray or roan colt by Bolt d’Oro consigned by Tom McCrocklin for the Three Amigos. The colt, who sold for $160,000 at FTKJUL last year, breezed a quarter in :20.3. Bolt d’Oro Colt Hits $800k For Three...