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Who We Are
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Michael Blowen started Old Friends in 2003 with one horse and a rented paddock. Things have changed.
READ OUR STORY
Our Horses
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Our nearly 300 retirees range from three Kentucky Derby winners to horses who have never started a race.
VIEW HORSE PROFILES
Visit Us
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Ranked as one of Kentucky's top tourist destinations, we are open daily for guided tours by reservation.
HOW TO BOOK A TOUR
How to Help
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Want to support our favorite retirees? We offer programs to help hooves, individual horses, mares, infrastructure and more.
CHOOSE HOW TO GIVE By the numbers
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491 Horses
3,373 + Races won
$ 329,769,748 Earned
100% Safely Retired
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