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Must be made before August 1 by a one-time payment of a $500 (US) nomination fee. If you nominate online via the website, you will receive a $100 discount off your foal nomination fee for each foal. Early online nominations only are eligible for the discount. Any 2009 foal being entered in a fall or winter breeding stock sale must be nominated by this deadline for inclusion of the Breeders' Cup Nominated engagement on the catalog page. Your 2009 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. If you nominate online via the website, you will receive a $100 discount off your foal nomination fee for each foal. 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, call or email for further details.

A Breeders' Cup nominated foal is eligible to participate in all Breeders' Cup Stakes with millions in purses and awards each year and the $25.5 million Breeders' Cup World Championships races 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 earn a 5% Nominator Award every time the nominated foal places first, second or third in any Breeders' Cup Stakes race or places first through third in any Breeders' Cup World Championships race- 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 seven 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.