Archive for September 2020

When Michael Blowen decided to start a retirement farm for racehorses, people were skeptical. “They all thought I was nuts,” he says. “I was just going to put horses in my yard and hope visitors would come see them.”

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A retirement facility for Thoroughbreds located in Georgetown, KY, Old Friends Farm was founded in 2003 by former Boston Globe film critic, Michael Blowen. It began with only one horse and is now home to over 160 happy retirees.

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Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facilitybased in Georgetown, KY, this week welcomed two new retirees as part of a unique arrangement with owners LNJ Foxwoods.

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In the midst of a slow Kentucky Derby week Michael and Little Silver Charm thought they’d predict which horse some of our retirees might be rooting for in this year’s odd edition.

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