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For the third straight day, the team of Bob Baffert and Donato Lanni, acting on behalf of Saudi businessman Amr Zedan, made the highest bid of the session, this time going to $2.2 million–top price of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in...

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...

A day after going to a session-topping $1.45 million for a son of Arrogate, trainer Bob Baffert and bloodstock agent Donato Lanni were back in action for Amr Zedan Wednesday at OBS, going to $900,000 to acquire a colt by Frosted (hip 449) from Longoria Training &...

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 Zedan...

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 back,...

The Jockey Club of Canada hosted the 48th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony during the evening of April 13, when Moira was awarded the night's most prestigious prize as Canada's 2022 Horse of the Year.  Last year during her 3-year-old season for owners X-Men Racing,...

Moira (Ghostzapper), dominant winner against males in last year's Queen's Plate S., took home both Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old honors at the 48th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony hosted by the Jockey Club of Canada on Thursday. Owned by X-Men Racing,...

Hopper made his first start outside of California a winning one as he drew away from his competition to win Saturday's $400,000 Oaklawn Mile (G3) for owners Lanni Bloodstock, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing LLC....

In his first start outside of California April 1, the Bob Baffert-trained Hopper thrived over the Oaklawn Park oval, turning back challenges from graded stakes winners Caddo River and Smile Happy to capture the $400,000 Oaklawn Mile Stakes (G3). Purchased by...

The second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale on Tuesday saw fireworks at the end of the day. A bidding duel between trainer Steve Asmussen and agent Donato Lanni kept climbing, reaching a fever pitch at $2 million for a son of...

The fireworks kicked off early March 22 during the third and final session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale with agent Donato Lanni extending to $1 million on behalf of Frank Fletcher Racing Operations for Hip 558, a standout...

The numbers just kept climbing up as bidding intensified between trainer Steve Asmussen and agent Donato Lanni alongside trainer Bob Baffert on Day 2 of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale with all eyes of Hip 546, a Good Magic colt consigned...