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In this edition of Odds and Trends, J. Keeler Johnson examines which sires consistently pass on more stamina to their progeny than others.

Hot riding at Saratoga Race Course resulting in 12 victories earns Manny Franco the honor of Jockey of the Week.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is launching the next phase of its comprehensive review of Veterinarians' List and Stewards' List categories across U.S. Thoroughbred racing: an industrywide survey open to all stakeholders.

Four-time grade 1-winning turf horse Deterministic will enter stud at Lane's End in Kentucky following the conclusion of his racing career.

Four yearlings and four unraced Arkansas-bred 2-year-olds are supplements to the Texas Summer Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale that takes place Aug. 25.

NYRA's Marc Holliday and his wife Sheree were honored Aug. 12 with the John Hendrickson and Marylou Whitney Award for their generous support of the New York backstretch community at the New York Race Track Chaplaincy's 19th Annual Fundraising Brunch.

The Inglis Digital Australia August (Early) Online Sale grossed AU$4,044,900 overall, and was topped by blue-blood filly Ballet's Legacy, who brought AU$540,000.

No Manitoba-bred racehorse has ever won the King's Plate. That could change Aug. 15 at Woodbine in the 167th running of the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown.

Sale histories for horses entered in Fasig-Tipton's New York-bred yearling sale being held Aug. 16-17 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.