Long before trainer Ron Moquett saddled 2020 Champion Male Sprinter Whitmore, he earned his first Grade 1 win in astounding fashion with 91-1 longshot Seek Gold in the 2006 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. The six-year-old bay gelding was making his first start for Moquett and new owners Kristi Couch and Ted Bowman, who had claimed […]
[ Read More ]Star Plus was a longtime favorite and loved by many visitors. Some met him a decade ago when he had the paddock where Birdstone now lives and played enthusiastic host to every tour. Read more here.
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – Jan. 30, 2023 – Star Plus, an Argentinian thoroughbred, who, thanks to Earle I. Mack, had purchased him, brought him to the United States to race, and then was determined to retire him, died at Old Friends on Saturday night, Jan. 28, 2023, due to a paddock accident. A reason for his death is […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – Jan. 17, 2023 — Old Friends is pleased to announce that guided tours of the farm will start on Monday, March 6, and run through November. We are very excited to welcome you back and also let you know we are returning to 7-day per week tours, highlighted by our 18th Annual Homecoming […]
[ Read More ]Thornfield, by Sky Classic out of Alexandrina, a daughter of Conquistador Cielo, was bred in Canada by Knob Hill Stable, which raced him. He specialized on the turf and ran all but one of his starts at Woodbine in Ontario. Read more here.
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – Jan. 20, 2023 – Thornfield, the 1999 Canadian Horse of the Year, died on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at Old Friends thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., due to a paddock accident, announced president and founder Michael Blowen today. He was 29. Bred and owned by Steve Stavro’s Knob Hill Farms, Thornfield was […]
[ Read More ]He was not famous. He never won a stakes race. But Hussonfirst was one of the sweetest horses ever to grace Old Friends. Read more here.
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – Jan. 6, 2023 – Kudos, a multiple-stakes winning gelding, died on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, at Old Friends thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announced president and founder Michael Blown. The 26-year old bay thoroughbred by Kris S.–Souq, by Damascus, was found dead in his paddock during late-afternoon feeding. A reason for […]
[ Read More ]Grade 1 winner. Record holder. Character. Survivor. Friend. When Kudos died we lost one of our most beloved residents and a foundation builder for Old Friends. Read more here.
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