Filly born April 15 frolics with her mother on the UMD Campus Farm.
Image Credit: Edwin Remsberg
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) invited the entire University of Maryland community to submit suggested racing names for two thoroughbred foals born on the Campus Farm this spring and received close to 1,000 responses! The entries have now been narrowed down to five finalists for each foal.
For the chestnut colt (by Friesan Fire, out of Daylight Lassie) born March 8 the final names include:
*Terrapin’s Pride
*Diamondback Fire
*Terptastic
*Red Terp Rising
*Blazin Terp
For the dark bay filly (by Cherokee's Boy, out of Amazin) born April 15, the choices are:
*Terp’s Amazin Girl
*Maryland Miss
*Terrapin Spirit
*Amazin Terp
*Terrapin Girl
Go to http://agnr.umd.edu/foalvote to vote for your favorites by May 6!
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 information on the Equine Studies Program at UMD, visit www.equinestudies.umd.edu.
