It’s not often a grown man goes all goo-goo eyed over a horse, but that’s just the effect Silver Charm has on Michael Blowen. “Silver Charm is without a doubt my favorite,” he said.
[ Read More ]Old Friends Farm founder Michael Blowen gets Touch Gold to run with him at the thoroughbred retirement home in Georgetown, Kentucky.
[ Read More ]A thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown is back in business after the pandemic forced it to close.
[ Read More ]On Wednesday at Old Friends Farm, a renowned athlete celebrated his 30th birthday.
[ Read More ]Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility based in Georgetown, KY., today launched its “Memory Lane – Brick by Brick” fundraising campaign. Now supporters of the non-profit organization can claim a spot in Old Friends’s Nikki Bacharach Memorial Garden with a custom paver honoring a loved one, a legendary horse, a lost pet, a business, or […]
[ Read More ]Grade 1 winner and Grade 1 sire Bellamy Road has been pensioned to Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility based in Georgetown, Ky.
[ Read More ]The three Kentucky divisions of Old Friends welcomed 27 new retirees in 2020; through the photography of Anne M. Eberhardt.
[ Read More ]Michael Blowen glanced at the 1977 Sports Illustrated cover of Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew when it arrived in the mail and immediately discarded it. A horse on the cover of such a prominent magazine? “I thought thinking of them as athletes was absurd,” he said.
[ Read More ]Michael Blowen is spending a beautiful summer morning doing his favorite thing – checking in on a few of the 175 residents of Old Friends at its Georgetown, Ky., base. As the sun comes up, the light is turning from orange to yellow.
[ Read More ]Old Friends Farm is where some of the greatest athletes of all time retire and spend the rest of their days. Now some of those horses will be connecting with some other special retirees.
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