RCMP Name the Foal contest produces nine names for our new foals!
Canadian kids 14-years-old and younger, once again participated in large numbers, as did classrooms across the country. The RCMP received more than 1,600 entries from individual kids and more than 100 entries from schools.
This year, the winning names were given to nine new foals born recently at the RCMP's horse breeding farm in Pakenham, Ontario. In alphabetical order, the full list of winning entries is:
Badge – Sam, age 10, Port Hood, Nova Scotia
Baffin – Kai, age 7, Iqaluit, Nunavut
Balmoral – Chosen by Musical Ride staff
Beckett – Paisley, age 4, Burton, New Brunswick
Bellamy – Kindergarten class of Dorchester Consolidated School, New Brunswick (school class winner)
Binesi – Joshua, age 12, Cantley, Quebec
Bison – Forrest, age 12, Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Boreal – Keegan, age 6, Lloydminster, Alberta
Bravo – Megan, age 7, Ottawa, Ontario
Contest winners will receive a 2025 Musical Ride horseshoe, a picture of the horse they named, and a certificate signed by RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme.
The RCMP has been breeding its own horses for more than 80 years. In addition to being one of the largest licensed Hanoverian horse breeders in the country, the breeding program is internationally recognized for producing some of the finest Hanoverians in Canada.
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