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Magic of the Millions
"I work with Bob Baffert, I talked to him this morning and I told him, you need to come down here and check it out!" - US based Bloodstock Agent Donato Lanni thoroughly enjoyed his first time attending the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Video: Galloping...
Fasig-Tipton October Lands on Solid Ground
A tall, big-striding son of Street Sense became the week's top seller when bloodstock agent Donato Lanni went to $500,000 to secure the colt for an undisclosed client…...
Keeneland November Sale Concludes With Increase In Average, Median Figures
“Our horses are competing with the rest of the world and winning,” Lanni continued. “We have a lot of speed in this country and people know that, keeps them coming back to Keeneland. It's been a very good market...”...
Tapit, War Front Shine at Keeneland September Opener
The first colt out of multiple graded stakes winner Iotapa started things off with a bang, dropping the hammer at $1.9 million. The colt, by War Front, was consigned by Taylor Made and purchased by Donato Lanni on behalf of an undisclosed client. "He's a lovely colt,...
Big-Race Drefong Named Champion Male Sprinter
“Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni and I work together,” trainer Bob Baffert said after the Breeders’ Cup. “We don’t do anything without each other’s OK. This horse was so beautiful. He was a perfect specimen…”...
Into Mischief Filly Tops Early at Midlantic Sale
Bidding on behalf of an undisclosed client, Donato Lanni went to $425,000 to acquire an Into Mischief filly to top the early portion of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale May 22…...
Vibrant Market in Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale Opener
Prominent horse owner Susan Chu is a big fan of American Pharoah and very much wanted a mare to breed to the Triple Crown winner who stands at Ashford Stud. So she asked Hill ‘n’ Dale’s Donato Lanni to scout the sales in search of a mare and with time running out,...
Bloodstock Agent Gets Back to his Roots
Now Lanni is one of the busiest bloodstock agents in the business. “Lanni has a very strong opinion of a horse and he doesn’t need to verify that opinion with anyone else,” says Craig Bernick. “When he feels a horse is a good horse, he trusts his own instincts and his...
A True Passion for Horses
Donato Lanni is a 20-year thoroughbred racing veteran considered one of the sport’s best at selecting top prospects from among thousands available each year in North America and Europe......
Ghostzapper Filly Sells for $720,000
With Donato Lanni signing the ticket, a Ghostzapper filly was acquired by Susan Chu’s Baoma Corporation for $720,000 at the final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training April 22. “She’s obviously a nice filly who worked...
Dortmund Dominates Native Driver at Del Mar
Kaleem Shah's Dortmund showed that he is back on his game, scoring an easy, open-lengths victory in Saturday's Grade 3 Native Diver Stakes at Del Mar. Dortmund was purchased on behalf of Shah by agent Donato Lanni for $140,000 at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale...
Avanzare Takes Hot Streak Into City of Hope
Donato Lanni and John Youngblood's Avanzare will seek his third straight graded turf score Sept. 27 in the $200,000 City of Hope Mile Stakes (gr. IIT) at Santa Anita Park......