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An immaculately put-together colt by Curlin descending from one of the premier families in the studbook was hammered down for $3.65 million as the Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale neared its conclusion Wednesday afternoon. Donato Lanni and Jamie McCalmont reportedly signed...

Grade 1 winner Mubtaahij has been retired from racing and will likely head to South America for stud duty, according to bloodstock agent Donato Lanni. The 2017 Awesome Again Stakes (G1) win, Mubtaahij won or placed in 10 other grade/group events and earned more than...

“The guy bidding against me was a pretty tough guy to get past: Donato Lanni,” Mark Reid said of the agent who often buys for trainer Bob Baffert. At the 2015 Keeneland September sale, during the Sunday or sixth session, he ran across the eventual Pegasus winner......

"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...

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…...

“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...”...

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,...

“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…”...

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…...

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,...

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...

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......