Old Friends News

GEORGETOWN, KY – SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce the arrival of Major Blue, the final horse owned by legendary Hall Of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Raced by Lukas along with wife Laurie and their close friends, it was immediately clear that Major Blue […]

Old Friends is thrilled to partner with Churchill Downs in celebrating Thoroughbred Aftercare Day on September 27, 2025. GATES OPEN: 11:30 A.M. | FIRST RACE: 12:45 P.M. Stop by our table and pick up your free gift as we celebrate legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas with the running of the $400,000 Lukas Classic, and the arrival […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – AUGUST 14, 2025 – Special Ring, a multiple Grade One stakes winner and son of international sire Nureyev, has died at 28 after suffering complications from colic. A pensioner since 2005 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in Georgetown, KY, Special Ring was the last surviving member of the original 15 Thoroughbred retirees who […]

Georgetown, KY – July 25, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce the arrival of Flatlined, winner of the 2016 Old Friends Stakes at Kentucky Downs. The 13-year-old gelding by Flatter out of Buttercup’s Song arrived courtesy of his owner Nicole Riley on July 21. Flatlined joins […]

As we are in the midst of the heat of summer, our Facilities Manager and crew have been working hard to distribute hay around the farm after we suffered a long, wet, winter and spring. We currently have twelve barns that will need to be stocked with hay before the winter ahead, and we are […]

Anne Eberhardt visits Old Friends Farm near Georgetown, Ky and talks with Michael Blowen about Big Brown who has retired from stud and now resides at Old Friends. Watch it on Blood-Horse here 

GEORGETOWN, K.Y. (NEWS10) – The new Belmont Stakes champion, Sovereignty, is resting up after his big win on Saturday. Meanwhile, the oldest living Belmont Stakes winner, Touch Gold, is enjoying retirement at a farm in Kentucky. Read more on News10 here.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. – June 9, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that Joey P has succumbed to complications from a respiratory illness. He was 23. “Joey P was a wonderful example of the star-power of ‘regional’ racehorses,” said John Nicholson, President and CEO of Old Friends. “Joey P built […]

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

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 […]