The 14-year old winner of the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Sprint was donated to the farm courtesy of his owners, Richard & Karen Papiese’s Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc. GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Nov. 18, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., has announced that Work All Week, the 2015 Eclipse Award-winning Champion Sprinter, and 2014 Breeders’ […]
[ Read More ]Work All Week dominated impressively where it mattered, on the track. He made his win at in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Sprint look easy, but he beat some exceptionably fast horses, such as Fast Anna and future Old Friends resident Private Zone. Read more here.
[ Read More ]“Stormy Liberal is one of a select number of Breeders’ Cup winners to repeat the feat. Always dead game, the former claimer’s final half-dozen career victories had connections and fans regularly holding their collective breaths as his biggest margin was just a neck. The tough and classy veteran raced on three continents, earned an Eclipse […]
[ Read More ]The 9-year old gelding comes to the farm courtesy of Adam Wachtel and his ownership group. GEORGETOWN, KY – Nov. 15, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce the arrival of graded-stakes winning millionaire, Channel Maker, on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The 9-year old award-winning chestnut gelding was donated to […]
[ Read More ]The 9-year old gelding, who won his first Grade 1 race in his last year on the track, was donated to Old Friends courtesy of his owner, Tom Egan GEORGETOWN, KY – Nov. 10, 2023 – Red Knight, a multiple graded-stakes millionaire has been retired to Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. The 9-year-old chestnut […]
[ Read More ]For an all too short three years Old Friends was fortunate to be the home of Tom’s Ready. He died last Monday due to complications from colic surgery, and we miss his kindness and the sweet, expressive ways he convinced us that a carrot is ok but a few more are much nicer. Read more […]
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