NEW YORK/SARATOGA SPRINGS — I Think I Love You Animal Foundation, Inc. – a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in New York created in memory of David Cassidy – was contacted through their Facebook page that former racehorse Dixieland Squall was on her way to a kill pen in a matter of days. The 19-year-old thoroughbred had […]
[ Read More ]Million-dollar yearling, grade 1 winner, and successful sire Any Given Saturday arrived the afternoon of March 6 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm from an eight-year tour of duty as a stallion in South Korea. The 19-year-old son of Distorted Humor was pensioned from stud duty following last year’s breeding season. Michael Blowen, founder and […]
[ Read More ]Two days ago our grand old man Afternoon Deelites was euthanized due to inoperable colic. He passed just days after his racing owner and breeder, Burt Bacharach. Read more on the blog here.
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY. – Feb. 15, 2023 – Afternoon Deelites, a six-time, graded-stakes winner, was euthanized February 14 at Old Friends, the Kentucky-based thoroughbred retirement farm, due to complications from colic. He was 31. Old Friends President and Founder, Michael Blowen, announced his passing today. The dark bay stallion, who was the farm’s oldest resident, and was […]
[ Read More ]Among Laura’s latest photos this morning I was wowed by this one of Quindici Man, just as a really striking picture. Too bad he’s so muddy, I thought. If he was clean I’d have uses for that photo on OF materials. Then I realized it’s the lines of the mud, the trees, and his mane […]
[ Read More ]From Michael.. An interviewer recently asked me to reflect on the 20th anniversary of Old Friends. Naturally, I’m very proud of Old Friends’ accomplishments. Starting with one horse and growing to the point where we have more than 200 retirees in Kentucky and a branch with JoAnn Pepper at Old Friends at Cabin Creek in Greenfield Center, New […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
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