The Coolmore partnership repeatedly flexed its muscles, buying four of the day’s six most expensive horses. Chief among them was a Curlin colt bought in tandem with bloodstock agent Donato Lanni on behalf of an unnamed client for $3.65 million, which made him the most expensive juvenile sold at a North American 2-year-old sale since The Green Monkey. “When he crossed the wire at the breeze show, everyone was on the phone,” Lanni said. The bloodstock agent was coy when it came to discussing on whose behalf he signed the ticket. “When the horse starts, their names will be on the program,” he said…
