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 produced the sale’s fastest eighth mile in :9.60 at Saturday’s under tack program, will be sent to trainer Bob Baffert’s barn in Southern California. Cataloged as Hip 654 and consigned by Eddie Woods as agent, the colt is out of the winning Liam’s Map mare Tynan, a half-sister to Grade 2-winning Florida-bred Pappacap and Grade 3-winning Florida-bred Boppy O.
“I mean he wasn’t a secret. He’s a pretty cool horse and everyone loved him,” Lanni said. “Just very lucky to get him for Amr Zedan. We always come here to look for nice horses and he was nice horse.
“Zedan is pretty excited and Gun Runner is a tremendous stallion. This colt worked really well, he galloped out good, he did everything you’d want one to do. Just excited about him.” He is the most expensive 2-year-old ever sold during the OBS March Sale, breaking the previous record of $2 million set by two colts in 2019 and 2023.