The Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation for Grand Prairie announced today that Adena Springs has donated four stallion seasons for auction at the 2008 Mistletoe Ball, “A Time to Give,” scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, Texas. At the Ball, “no guarantee live foal” matings to Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo, Silent Name, Olmodavor and Sligo Bay will be available to the highest bidders, with all proceeds from the event going to the Foundation, which benefits numerous local charities in Grand Prairie.

Interested parties should contact Lone Star Park President and General Manager Drew Shubeck for further information and bidding instructions. Shubeck can be contacted by email at drew.shubeck@magnaent.com or by phone at Lone Star Park at (972) 237-1112.

Giacomo, winner of the Kentucky Derby in 2005, was a graded stakes performer at ages two, three and four, and earned more than $2.5 million during his racing career. Currently standing at Adena Springs in Paris, Kentucky, Giacomo is by the emerging sire Holy Bull out of the Stop The Music mare Set Them Free.

Silent Name, a multiple graded stakes winner by the legendary Sunday Silence, also stands in Kentucky. Stakes placed at two, a multiple stakes winner in Europe at three, and a Grade 2 winner at ages four and five in America, Silent Name is out of the Danehill mare Danzigaway.

Olmodavor, who stands at Adena Springs in Ocala, Florida, is by champion sire A.P. Indy out of the El Gran Senor, Grade 1 winning mare Corrazona. A multiple graded stakes winner, Olmodavor is already a sire of eight winners, including two stakes winners, from his first crop.

Also in Ocala, Sligo Bay was Florida’s number three second crop sire in 2008 and the only Grade 1 winner by the legendary Sadler’s Wells at stud in Florida. Winner of the Grade 1 Hollywood Turf Cup at age four, Sligo Bay is out of the Halo mare Angelic Song.

The 29th edition of the annual black-tie, holiday fundraising event will include dinner, dancing live and silent auctions, and a raffle for a Rolex watch from Haltom’s Jewelers. The Mistletoe Ball is open to the public and sponsorship opportunities for organizations and individuals are available.

For more information on tickets, sponsorships or the Rolex raffle for the Mistletoe Ball, contact Sharon Ayers at (972) 237-1114.

The Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation for Grand Prairie, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2001, provides grants to other charities and non-profit organizations in Grand Prairie for their own important work.