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Opting for a confidence-builder over a trip to Saratoga for next weekend's GI Metropolitan Handicap, Baoma Corp's 'TDN Rising Star' Nysos (Nyquist) made light work of three rivals in Saturday's GIII Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita, strolling home under little...

Bloodhorse Magazine May 2025 - Bloodstock agents aren't often called upon to accept an Eclipse Award, so when Donato Lanni was beckoned to the podium in January to receive the trophy for champion Moira, he was unsure what to say. Lanni’s high profile in the...

With her most likely competition coming from her stablemate Splendora, MyRacehorse and Peter Leidel's Seismic Beauty went to the front and never looked back, rolling home an easy winner in Sunday's GII Santa Margarita Stakes. Breaking from the high draw, Seismic...

With the marathon Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training just hitting its 11-hour mark Tuesday, the auction had its fourth million-dollar juvenile when bloodstock agent Donato Lanni bid $1.05 million to acquire a colt by Violence (hip 544) on...

GOAL ORIENTED (c, 3, Not This Time–Bizzy Caroline) topped a 'Rising Star' trifecta in this third contest on Derby Day in Race 3 at Churchill Downs ($127,000, Allowance (NW1X)3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:42.83). Racing three wide along the first bend, and clear of Sorcerer's Silver...

Zedan Racing, with bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, zeroed in on one horse during the April 16th second session of the 2025 OBS Spring sale and went to $1.15 million to land him. "He's the horse we wanted to go home with," said Lanni about Hip 508, a powerfully built...

Amr Zedan, who bid an OBS record $3 million to acquire a colt by Gun Runner at the company's March sale last month, went to $1.15 million to secure a son of GI Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law (hip 508) during Wednesday's second session of the OBS Spring Sale.

Towards the end of a lackluster first day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 15, Donato Lanni signed the ticket for $900,000 on Hip 190, a well-bred Curlin filly out of the stakes-placed Into Mischief mare Motivated Seller ....

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, bidding alongside trainer Bob Baffert, went to $900,000 to acquire a filly by Curlin (hip 190) on behalf of Susan and Charlie Chu's Baoma Corp during Tuesday's first session of the OBS Spring sale. Bred by Klaravich Stables and consigned...

The Wood Memorial (G2) saw its 100th running Saturday won by the Rodriguez for trainer Bob Baffert, providing his 10 owners with their third likely contender for the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 3 after securing the maximum allotment of the 100-50-25-15-10 qualifying...

Baoma Corp’s Tenma punched her ticket to the Kentucky Oaks with a 2 ¼-length win in the Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. on Saturday. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Juan Hernandez, Tenma settled just off the pace early as Silent...

Acting for Amr Zedan’s Zedan Racing, bloodstock agent Donato Lanni signed the ticket for a record-setting $3 million colt by Gun Runner to electrify the final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company March Sale Thursday. The handsome gray or roan colt, who...