Old Friends News

You and I, a son of Kris S and the Peruvian mare La Chaposa (by Ups), was foaled thirty-one years ago in Florida. He  went into training with Stanley Hough for Triumviri Stable and won the Cowdin (G2), a leading juvenile stakes.   Read more here.

On the 25th anniversary of the Touch Gold — Silver Charm Belmont Stakes, it is time to get nostalgic and recall my personal interest in that historic race and how the journalist and racing fan in me clashed and left part of me ecstatic and another part sad following the race, which is what happens […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – JUNE 6, 2022 – You and I, the multiple graded stakes winning son of Kris S, has died. A pensioner at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in Georgetown, KY., since 2011, You and I was 31 and was suffering infirmities of old age. In 1993, as a two-year-old, You and I was a […]

Please Join us Monday May 30, 2022 for Old Friends’s Annual Tribute to our Recently Deceased Horses AFLEET ACCOMPLI ELUSIVE HONEY GALLAPIAT’S MOMENT SPECIAL IMAGE HOGY HAY JUDE CAPTURE THE POWER COSMONAUT (NY) NORTHERN STONE DISCREET HERO ALBERT THE GREAT POPCORN DEELITES ALPHABET SOUP AFFIRMED SUCCESS FEROCIOUS WON RIVER SQUALL ZIPPY CHIPPY (NY) CAN’T HELP […]

Thank you for entering our Filly naming contest and for voting for one of the five finalists. As they say at the Oscars…And the winner is: GOLDISOCKS! Congratulations to Vicki Stoltz who was the first to submit the name for consideration based on date and time of the email. But wait, there’s a little bit more […]

 It was just his second time at the Preakness, a race the future Hall of Fame trainer would later come to own, so pardon Bob Baffert if he was a little confused by the idiosyncrasies that come with being the second-oldest racetrack in the United States. In one of the most memorable finishes in the […]

Slamming was a good old horse. The kind who could carry the world on his back and just might do that for you. All his life he generously gave all that was asked of him. He never asked for a lot, but he inspired a whole lot of love Read more.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — At this avant-garde farm, the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner, Silver Charm, 28, can gaze across at Swain, 30, whom he once dueled in Dubai, or look down the road toward Touch Gold, 27, who sneaked up and ruined Silver Charm’s Triple Crown bid at the 1997 Belmont. Summer Attraction, a 26-year-old gelding, can frolic […]

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — The oldest living Derby winner is enjoying his retirement in Georgetown, along with many other horses at Old Friends Farm. Silver Charm, now 28 years old, won the Derby in 1997. Read more on Spectrum News.

GEORGETOWN, KY – MAY 5, 2022 –  Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY, will host its 17th Annual Homecoming Event on Sunday, May 8th beginning at 12 noon. The event features a live and silent auction of artwork, prints, and racing memorabilia, including several premiere collectible stallion halters. For those unable to attend the […]