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Donato Lanni and John Youngblood's Avanzare shrugged off a nearly seven-month layoff to claim his second straight grade II turf score in the $200,000 Del Mar Mile Handicap......

Prominent bloodstock agent Donato Lanni judged 79 yearlings in four classes and selected Manfuso and Voss' E Dubai filly as his top pick. Lanni was asked to select a champion and reserve champion from his four class winners, and noted it was a tough decision...  ...

"I'm a little biased when it comes to Donato, but I think he's as good a judge as there is in the world," John Sikura said., "I got to watch him train all winter,” said Lanni about Hip 932, the Candy Ride colt. “I kind of had an idea he was a very talented horse. He...

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, whose auction selections include champion Lookin At Lucky, Breeders' Cup Classic-G1 winner Bayern and 2015 Grade 1-winning 3-year-old Dortmund, will judge the 81st annual Maryland Horse Breeders Association Yearling Show.  A native of...

Lanni has been interested in horses since childhood. His father Giuseppe, a construction contractor, owned harness horses, which he raced (and occasionally drove) at now-defunct Blue Bonnets racetrack…...

Donato Lanni has become one of thoroughbred racing’s leading bloodstock agents, helping trainers select top prospects from among the thousands of young thoroughbreds available to buy each year in North America and Europe. He inspects - by his count - about 15,000...

Donato Lanni, the agent behind Dortmund who also groomed Garland Lobell, estimates he looks at about 15,000 horses a year. Among his past finds were Bayern, winner of the 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic, and 2010 Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky......

Donato Lanni arrived in Lexington, Kentucky in 1996 with a lifelong dream but no connections. Today, Donato Lanni is one of the most sought-after thoroughbred scouts in North America....

Lenny Shulman reflects on Allen and Jimmy Jerkens, California Chrome, and talks with bloodstock agent Donato Lanni. At the 5 minute mark in this video, Lanni, who was buying agent for Dortmund, explains what he looks for at sales and what working with Bob Baffert is...

By Lenny Shulmen, Bloodhorse Magazine At age 10 Lanni stood at a stop sign in his Montreal neighborhood each summer morning at 4 a.m., looking to catch a ride with a trainer to the local standardbred track so he could work at the stable. A decade later, having loaded...