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July 29, 2023 – Only minutes after her stablemate Vandoo won her first-ever race, War Painter took to the track in race #6 on Saturday at Woodbine, again with top…

July 29, 2023 – In her first-ever race, Canuck Racing Club’s Vandoo registered her first win despite being the sole filly in a field of geldings and colts in race…

Jun 13, 2023 – Canadian Thoroughbred released its latest instalment of top contenders for this year’s King’s Plate and Woodbine Oaks. Making an appearance in the Top 15 was EnjoytheSilent…

Jun 9, 2023 – Adding more fun and excitement to what is shaping up to be a promising 2023, the Canuck Racing Club acquired an ownership stake in dark bay…

Apr 14, 2023 – Moira, winner of the Queen’s Plate and Woodbine Oaks in 2022, was voted Canada’s Horse of the Year at the 48th Sovereign Awards. David Anderson of Anderson Farms owns a share in co-owner X-Men Racing and was among the group which accepted the Sovereigns for Moira. “As we all know, great horses make mediocre horsepeople look smart,” he said. “But when you do it year in and year out like Donato Lanni, something’s right. This is the smartest guy in the business.”

Mar 31, 2023 – Canuck Racing Club’s colt North Warden (Exaggerator-I’m The Reason) will be returning to Ontario after developing at Margaux Farm (KY) and then at Eisaman Equine (FLA) where this training footage was shot in March 2023. North Warden will set hoof on Canadian soil with three of his racing stablemates on April 6th to train with top trainer Kevin Attard.

Feb 28, 2023 – Lanni has found a litany of champions-many for his great friend and collaborator, Bob Baffert, from Arrogate to Authentic. Competitors don’t talk of Lanni with envy. They talk with immense respect; almost as though he were some kind of savant, deploying intuitions that can’t be learned or articulated. But that won’t stop us asking him how they evolved…

Oct 26, 2022 – The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings sale is one of the leading Thoroughbred auctions in North America and the 2022 edition ran from October 24th to the…

Oct 11, 2022, TDN article – I called the elite bloodstock agent Donato Lanni last Wednesday only to tell him I’d call him again Sunday and to expect my call. I didn’t want to jinx him, with Cave Rock (Arrogate), War Like Goddess (English Channel), and Moira (Ghostzapper) entered in three Grade l races Saturday…

Sept 23, 2022 – After completing five impressive acquisitions in July and August, Canuck Racing Club members were wondering if September would be another important month in the evolution of…