The colt born with the world watching on the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's (Penn Vet) New Bolton Center Foal Cam is now named New Bolton Pioneer, Boone for short.

Penn Vet offered the public eight names to choose from during a week-long contest, and Boone was the clear winner. Of the 2,968 votes cast online, New Bolton Pioneer/Boone received 874 votes, and New Bolton Zenith/Zeno came in second with 550 votes. The other names, in order of popularity, were: New Bolton Equuleus/Stellar, New Bolton Newsworthy/Scoop, New Bolton Original/True, New Bolton Peerless/Tip-Top, New Bolton High-Tech/Scope, and New Bolton Broadcast/Signal.

Tens of thousands of people watched live via the Foal Cam as My Special Girl, a Thoroughbred mare, gave birth to Boone at 9:22 pm on March 29. Jonathan Palmer, VMD, chief of New Bolton Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Service, and his team assisted with the challenging, 22-minute birth. More than 170,000 people in 120 countries tuned in to watch the live broadcast from the Foal Cam, from February 26 to April 2.

A video of the birth is featured on www.vet.upenn.edu/foalcam. Also included is a link to access a Baby Book Blog, which will chronicle Boone’s life