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Lanni Signs for $400K Uncle Mo Colt, Arrogate Filly

Filly is a member of the final crop of the late Arrogate.

The Uncle Mo colt consigned as Hip 193 in the ring at The July Sale

The Uncle Mo colt consigned as Hip 193 in the ring at The July Sale

Corrie McCorskey

Donato Lanni, a familiar figure ringside at any North American sale, remained quiet at the July 12 Fasig-Tipton July Sale until snapping up two yearlings for $400,000 each during the second half of Tuesday's session.

The bloodstock agent first signed for a strapping son of Uncle Mo on behalf of owners Karl and Cathi Glassman. Consigned by St George Sales as Hip 193, Lanni said the colt will be sent to Barry Eisaman's farm in Williston, Fla., for his early lessons.

"I like his sire, Uncle Mo, and he's a good-looking Uncle Mo," Lanni said of Hip 153. "I was looking for a good, two-turn-looking horse for my client."

Donato Lanni at the July yearling session of The July Sale on July 12, 2022, at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, KY.
Photo: Corrie McCorskey
Donato Lanni at Fasig-Tipton

With Uncle Mo being the sire of this year's Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1) hero Mo Donegal , there should be few distance limitations for Hip 193. The colt is out of the multiple-stakes winning Sky Mesa mare Super Saks, a half sister to two stakes performers, and hails from the family of graded-stakes winner and multiple grade 1-placed Voodoo.

Bred by Thomas F. VanMeter in Kentucky, Hip 193 was the highest-selling yearling for perennial leading sire Uncle Mo at Tuesday's session. Among other top sellers for Uncle Mo were two colts: Hip 162, purchased for $225,000 by Steve Young, agent, and Hip 167, acquired for $200,000 by Jerry Crawford for Donegal Racing, co-owner of Mo Donegal.

Later in the session, Lanni struck again, this time for a daughter of the late Arrogate. The filly, consigned as Hip 247, was for an undisclosed client.

Hip 247, 2022 Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings
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The Arrogate filly consigned as Hip 247 in the ring

The Kentucky-bred bay filly is from the last crop of the brilliant Arrogate, who succumbed to an undetermined neurological illness in June 2020 at the age of 7. Arrogate is the sire of this year's Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Secret Oath.

"We really wanted an Arrogate," Lanni said. The agent has a special fondness for the deceased champion, having picked out Arrogate as a yearling at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for Juddmonte's owner, Prince Khalid Abdullah, who died early last year. "(Hip 247 is) nice, she's a very good imitation of Arrogate."

Offered by the Wynnstay Sales consignment, Hip 247 was produced from the Consolidator mare Attempt to Name, the dam of five winners from six foals to race. The filly is a half sister to the multiple-stakes victor Gray Attempt (Graydar ), an earner of more than $500,000 and the winner in eight of his 25 starts.

"The good ones are standing out and it's been like that all week," Lanni said. "They're separating themselves. It's a very good sale, there's a lot of people here. I'm pretty happy with my buys today."