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May be made in the foal's year of birth by a one-time payment of a $500 (US) nomination fee due October 15. Your 2010 foals may be nominated using the form available here (PDF file) or online by clicking the button below.

All foals sired by a fully nominated Breeders' Cup stallion, European Breeders' Fund stallion or BCL/EBF Common Fund stallion are eligible for nomination to the Breeders' Cup program in their year of birth. Standard foal nominations may be made by Midnight, October 15 of the year of birth by payment of a one-time $500 nomination fee. Late foal nominations may be made by Midnight, December 15 of the year of birth by payment of a one-time $1,500 nomination fee. Foals born in the Southern Hemisphere have different nomination dates, download the form here or email for further details.

A Breeders' Cup nominated foal is eligible to participate in any Breeders' Cup racing program, including the $26 million Breeders' Cup World Championships event, for its entire racing career without any further nomination payments due.

Nominating your foal to the Breeders' Cup provides you with valuable opportunities that can last a lifetime. Whether you plan to race or sell, nominating to Breeders' Cup is the best statement you can make about the quality of your foal. It can mean greater earnings over his entire racing career as well as higher prices at sale.

A Breeders' Cup foal nominator will be eligible to earn nominator awards throughout the entire racing career of the foal, no matter who owns him at that time. So your foal can still be earning money for you even long after you've sold him.

A Breeders' Cup nominated foal averages six times the price of a non-nominated foal at sale. That's because your foal is worth more to customers in terms of quality and potential earnings each year. It's one of the reasons they'll want to do business with you again and again.

Foals can only be nominated at the foal nomination fees during their year of birth. If they are not nominated during their year of birth, they may be nominated at any time during their racing career by the payment of a racehorse nomination fee equal to either $100,000 or $200,000 dependent on their sire's eligibility at the time of conception.

If a foal is sired by a Breeders' Cup, EBF, or BCL/EBF Common Fund stallion and is not nominated by October 15 or December 15 of its year of birth or at any time during its racing career, it may be nominated under the Horses of Racing Age nomination program.

If a horse is sired by a stallion not nominated to any program and is not nominated at any time during its racing career, that horse may also be nominated as a racehorse.