The countdown is on. No, it is not for Christmas or New Year's but for the first foal by Flameproof Hanover to arrive.

To help mark the occasion, the connections have created a unique contest.

Ella Christina p.3,1:50.2 ($338,783) is due to foal January 19, 2022 based on the average gestation of 330 days. It is her first foal and she has no past foaling time to depend on so the typical range is 320-345 days.

What shall this special foal be named and when will it arrive? That is for fans to suggest.

Pick the closest day and time and to win a free 2022 breeding to Flameproof Hanover worth $1,500 to use or to transfer. Suggest names and dates here. If your name suggestion is accepted you win dinner for four at the Top Of The Park restaurant at Red Shores on the final day of the 2021-2022 season on Saturday, January 29. That day will also feature the Flameproof Hanover Pace and a special Pedigree Matching breeders seminar after the races to assist breeders with their stallion choices for 2022.

Also planned for that day is a tribute to Leslie E. MacLeod, the first PEI member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inducted for his contribution to the establishment of the Wallace Trotting Year Book in 1885 recording the race results in North America. This comes on the 150th anniversary of the Wallace Trotting Register published in 1871. Descendants of the same MacLeod family are still active today in harness racing on PEI.

(Flameproof Hanover Syndicate)