A day after going to a session-topping $1.45 million for a son of Arrogate, trainer Bob Baffert and bloodstock agent Donato Lanni were back in action for Amr Zedan Wednesday at OBS, going to $900,000 to acquire a colt by Frosted (hip 449) from Longoria Training & Sales. The juvenile worked a furlong last week in :9 3/5.
“He was ridiculously fast,” Baffert said of the colt. “He worked beautifully and came out of it well. That’s half the battle.” The colt is out of Handwoven (Indian Charlie), a full-sister to multiple stakes-placed Auspicious.
“This was one of the best horses in the sale, I thought,” Lanni said. “He deserved to bring that kind of money.” Of the juvenile’s sire Frosted, Lanni added, “I believe in the sire. He’s still very young and he doesn’t have that many crops out there.”