The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is happy to announce the winners and winning names of our 2025 Name the Foal contest.
Canadian kids14-years-old and younger, once again participated in large numbers, as did classrooms across the country. The RCMP received more than1,600 entries from individual kids and more than100entries from schools.
This year, the winning names were given to nine new foals born recently at theRCMP'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 a2025Musical Ride horseshoe, a picture of the horse they named, and a certificate signed by RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme.
TheRCMPhas been breeding its own horses for more than80years. 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.
For more information about the contest and to learn more about the world-famous Musical Ride, visit:The Musical Ride | Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Link: https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2025/07/rcmp-name-foal-contest-produces-nine-names-our-new-foals
SOURCE Royal Canadian Mounted Police Media Relations and Issues Management
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