Horse owner and breeder Richard “Dick” Otto, whose stable campaigned graded stakes winners Summer Mis and Sir Anthony, dies at age 88.

Over 50 international industry leaders attend the IFHA’s inaugural Climate Change and Sustainability Summit July 13-14 in Porto, Portugal.

Janice McNair, who with her husband Bob founded Stonerside Stable in 1984 before leaving the industry to launch the National Football League’s Houston Texans, died July 14. She was 89.

In this week’s Porter on Pedigrees, Ghostzapper was represented during the July 11-12 weekend by similarly bred graded stakes winner Ole Crazy Bone and stakes winner Ghost Me.

Agent Pedro Lanz buys the graded-placed, stakes-winning Our Moneyman for KAS Stables, which plans to keep the colt in the United States under the care of trainer Bret Calhoun. Lanz said the Sept. 19 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) is on their radar.

Last-ditch efforts to save racing at Hawthorne Race Course apparently have fallen short as the only bid at a bankruptcy auction came from a developer planning to demolish the track.

Former Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association president, Pennsylvania State Horse Racing commissioner, and Parx Racing Hall of Fame owner Salvatore DeBunda died July 9 at 83.

Phil Hager of Taproot Bloodstock acquired three yearlings at Fasig-Tipton’s The July Sale in Lexington, spending $515,000. 

The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society announces details of Ontario’s Breeders’ Awards and breeder incentive programs, made possible through the CA$5 million increase to Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program.

Angel of Kirk and Talleyrand, two smartly bred juveniles, are new BloodHorse Maiden Watch Hot Prospects after posting first-out victories.