A Farewell to the Horses That Have Passed Please Join us Monday May 26, 2025 at 1 p.m. for Old Friends’ Annual Tribute to our Recently Deceased Horses (Free & Open to the Public) Old Friends Farm 1841 Paynes Depot Rd Georgetown, KY 40324
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY. – May 18, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce that with her win in Race 2, the Old Friends Purse, at Pimlico on Saturday, May 18, 2024, 43.8-to-1 long shot, The Amazing Mizzen, earned “retirement for life” at Old Friends should she choose it when she […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY. – May 15, 2024 – This Saturday, May 17, 2024, Pimlico Racecourse will host the third running of the “Old Friends Purse,” an allowance race that will benefit the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. The Old Friends Purse is the 2nd race on Saturday’s undercard of the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1). […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY. — May 11, 2025 — Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., would like to thank artist Robert Clark for coming to Old Friends 20th Annual Homecoming event on Sunday, May 4, 2025, and creating a beautiful painting of this year’s Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, which was then auctioned off to benefit […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY. – May 6, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., held its 20th Annual Homecoming event on Sunday, May 4, 2025, and would like to say thank you to all who attended and made it a tremendous success. Over 300 people attended the event, which is held each year on the […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, Ky. − Michael Blowen emerges from the garage of his home with a red Solo cup full of treats that have been ground up specifically for the 31-year-old horse he calls his favorite living thing in the world. It’s quite a statement. Blowen, 78, has a wife and a family and befriended all sorts […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, Ky. – April 30, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., will host its 20th Annual Homecoming event on Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Included in the day’s activities will be a number of celebrated authors signing their most recent books about Thoroughbreds and Thoroughbred […]
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