And the Winners Are…

Two foals born on the Campus Farm receive their racing names!

Image Credit: Edwin Remsberg

May 7, 2013 Sara Gavin

More than 1,600 votes were cast to help choose racing names for two thoroughbred foals born on the University of Maryland Campus Farm this spring. And the winning names are:

 

Diamondback Fire for a colt (by Friesan Fire out of Daylight Lassie) born March 8 (left).

 

 

 

 

Maryland Miss for a filly (by Cherokee’s Boy out of Amazin) born April 15 (right).

*The winning names are still subject to Jockey Club approval.

 

The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) invited the entire UMD community to submit suggested racing names for the two foals and received close to 1,000 responses. The entries were narrowed down to five finalists for each foal and put up for an online vote. The following is a breakdown of the results:

Colt (by Friesan Fire out of Daylight Lassie):

Diamondback Fire: 587

Red Terp Rising: 374

Blazin Terp: 307

Terrapin’s Pride: 250

Terptastic: 155

Filly (by Cherokee’s Boy out of Amazin):

Maryland Miss: 820

Terrapin Spirit: 362

Terrapin Girl: 204

Amazin Terp: 167

Terp’s Amazin Girl: 111

The two new members of the Terrapin family are the first foals to be born on the Campus Farm in 30 years. Their dams (mothers) live on a rotational grazing site at one of the university’s larger research farms in nearby Howard County but they spent the final leg of their pregnancies here on campus so students could learn first-hand about equine reproduction and witness live foalings.  For more on the program, watch the video below or visit http://www.ansc.umd.edu/equinestudies/