After watching his promising 2-year-old filly, Quickick , rally for third within the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar, proprietor Greg Tramontin turned his consideration this week to the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale and increasing his broodmare band.
He has good cause to, as he’s finalizing the acquisition of Siena Farm, the horse farm close to Paris, Ky., beforehand headed by Anthony Manganaro, who died final 12 months. Manganaro’s Siena Farm was among the many co-owners of 2022 Horse of the Yr Flightline  and 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner All the time Dreaming  .
“All of the inspections have been accomplished satisfactorily. We’re simply now ready on title work,” Tramontin advised BloodHorse Nov. 6 in a phone interview.
With the Manganaro’s surviving household retaining the title Siena Farm, Tramontin mentioned he would rename the Central Kentucky property. He talked about Greenwell Farm or Greenwell Thoroughbreds as attainable names of the farm, both of which might be a nod to his organic father’s final title of Greenwell. Tramontin took the final title of his adoptive father.
A businessman who amassed wealth from the auto insurance coverage trade, Tramontin, 70, can be experiencing success within the horse trade. Along with twice grade 1-placed Quickick, who’s getting 60 days off earlier than resuming coaching and racing at age 3, he has owned different stakes horses, together with grade 1 winner No Parole . He received the 2020 Woody Stephen Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park for Tramontin and co-owner Maggi Moss.Â
Tom Amoss skilled No Parole and circumstances Quickick.
Although Tramontin has just lately change into extra concerned in Thoroughbred racing, he’s not a newcomer to racing. He co-owned stakes winner Artic Tracker along with his buddy, Bobby Asaro, within the early Nineteen Nineties.
Asaro inspired his involvement within the sport then and helped renew Tramontin’s participation after the businessman stepped away from possession to deal with his car insurance coverage pursuits.
“I do not know if I ought to thank him or ship him some hate mail for getting me within the horse enterprise,” he quipped.
In accordance with Tramontin, Amoss is integral to Tramontin’s yearling inspection staff, as is Julie Cauthen, Joel Politi, Chris Richard, Ron Faucheux, Brent Sumja, and others. Collectively, they take a look at each yearling every year in the course of the huge Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Cauthen, a bloodstock agent, and Ignacio “Nacho” Patino, basic supervisor at Siena, have suggested him in broodmare purchases in the course of the ongoing Keeneland sale, Tramontin mentioned. Patino will “keep on” when Tramontin’s buy of the farm is finalized, in accordance with Tramontin.
“I believe he is simply the proper individual to assist me get into the farm,” the proprietor mentioned.
Tramontin purchased one mare for $285,000 in the course of the opening session of the November Breeding Inventory Sale, Evening On the City (Hip 21), a Road Sense  mare in foal to Good Magic  . Consigned by Taylor Made Gross sales Company, she was a part of the Siena Farm dispersal of breeding inventory.
Then, Wednesday, Tramontin purchased Moody Lady (Hip 298), a stakes-winning Gormley mare in foal to Uncle Mo  for $325,000, and Music Road (Hip 307), a graded-placed Road Sense mare in foal to Taiba  , for $500,000. Grovendale Gross sales consigned each.
“We will assist the farm and provides {that a} head begin,” mentioned Tramontin, who divides his time between residences in Florida, Louisiana, and will all go properly, Kentucky.
Requested about his plans for his racing steady and farm, he talked about the event of fillies earlier than retiring them as broodmares “to not solely change into a purchaser on the gross sales however to finally change into a great vendor.”
