There are times when a horse is being nominated to a Futurity before the horse has been named. In that case, you can create a new horse in the Futurity database using the Dam's name and the foal's year of birth. Example: 2004 Sparkle.
When the horse is officially named, you can go into the Futurity Horse Maintenance screen, and pull up the horse by the temporary name. When the horse appears on your screen, you can type over the temporary name, and enter the permanent name of the horse. When you press 'Update' the system will display the following message:
Press 'Ok' to continue and save the new name, or 'Cancel' to disregard the change.