Name The Foal

If you want to try your hand at naming a prospective Derby winner and enjoying a special day at the races, then the ITBOF annual Name the Foal Contest is right up your alley. Once again the ITBOF is partnering with Arlington Park to make a wonderful experience for the lucky winning contestant.

This year the Name the Foal contest kicks off on June 19. The 2010 candidate foals for unique names are energetic and fun to watch. Each filly has shown break away speed and agility surpassing their chums out in the pastures.

The Arlington Park filly was born on April 16, 2010, owned by Tower Farms. She is very correct, smart and personable. The farm looks forward to her having a successful racing career, as well as, one as a future broodmare.

The 2010 filly is by Belong to Me (Danzig) out of Catarella by Forest Wildcat. 

Belong to Me is a sire of 131 stakes horses, 10 Grade-1 winners and 11 stakes winners in 2009. Belong to Me is the Broodmare sire of Lookin at Lucky, winner of the 2010 Preakness. Catarella is the dam of recent winners at Hawthorne, Leading Indicator (Bold Revenue) and Gage Park (Ecton Park). Her sire Forest Wildcat is a Grade 1 winning sire of G1 winners D'Wildcat, Forest Secrets, Wildcat Heir, etc. Second dam Cantarella is by Icecapade, sire of 73 stakes winners including Wild Again and Clever Trick.

2010 Name the Foal Contest Rules

• Anyone may submit an entry. Only one entry per person per foal allowed.
• Submitted names can be up to 18 characters including spaces, letters and punctuations. No initials allowed.
• Submitted names have to be non-offensive, contain no foul language or imply an inappropriate meaning.
• Names including commercial significance, copyrighted material, names of icons in pop culture, national and world news and names including in whole or in part of previous Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, or Preakness Stakes winners will not be accepted.
• Entries will be voted on by the foal owners, with the approval of the Jockey Club.
• The contest begins on June 1, 2010 and runs until July 15, 2010.
• The winners will be contacted by phone or mail and will have their photo published in the Illinois Racing News and on the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation website, http://www.itbof.org/.

Entries may be mailed, faxed or emailed to the ITBOF office:

ITBOF Arlington Park

P.O. Box 578

Arlington Heights, IL, 60006; 

847-253-3670; fax 847-253-1136

email:  itbofh@wve.com