GEORGETOWN, KY – March 19, 2024 – Join Michael Blowen, founder of Old Friends, and special guest, Sandy Hatfield, longtime stallion manager at Three Chimneys Farm, on a special tour of Old Friends and hear the amazing stories of some of the farm’s wonderful horses. When: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Start time: Noon Where: Old Friends 1841 Paynes Depot Rd Georgetown, […]
[ Read More ]Alpha, winner of the 2012 Travers Stakes (G1), is enjoying his retirement at Old Friends Farm in Georgetown, Ky. Anne Eberhardt talks to Old Friends founder Michael Blowen about the 15-year-old son of Bernardini. Watch the Blood-Horse video here.
[ Read More ]Blustery late-winter weather did not stop a crowd of fans from flocking to Old Friends Farm Feb. 24 to celebrate the 30th birthdays of 1997 Triple Crown rivals Silver Charm and Touch Gold . Both horses reside at the Georgetown, Ky., facility. Inside the newly renovated indoor event space, there was food and merriment including […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – March 1, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce the arrival of graded-stakes winning millionaire, C Z Rocket, for his retirement. The 10-year old bay gelding arrived at the farm on Wednesday, Feb. 29, courtesy of his trainer, Peter Miller, and his owner, Tom Kagele. “CZ Rocket […]
[ Read More ]“This year, two veteran turf stars called it a career at 9-years-old after a combined 22 wins and over $5 million in earnings. Multiple graded stakes-winners Channel Maker and Red Knight have each found their permanent home at Old Friends Equine in Georgetown, K.Y., a 501(c)(3) non-profit accredited by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) that […]
[ Read More ]SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Michael Blowen wouldn’t trade places with any person on the planet. He’s spent the past 20 years growing Old Friends Farm from an idea to a popular Kentucky tourist destination, growing it to become larger than he ever could have imagined. “Who wouldn’t want to do this all day, […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WKYT) – The founder of Old Friends, a retirement home for thoroughbreds, is stepping down, but he says he will remain in the saddle. Michael Blowen started Old Friends in 2003. The retirement home for champion thoroughbreds has grown over the years from 52 acres to 300 acres. One hundred sixty-one retired thoroughbreds […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Michael Blowen’s love for horses stretched far beyond the racetrack and spurred him into starting a mid-life career as founder of a retirement farm in Kentucky, where older thoroughbreds could spend their remaining years in dignity and security — long after their earning days were over. For two decades, his Old […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – Jan. 3, 2024 — PRESS OPPORTUNITY Date: Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 Time: 1-4 p.m. Location: Josephine Abercrombie Center at the top of the hill at Old Friends, 1841 Paynes Depot Rd, Georgetown, Ky. Subject: Michael Blowen stepping down as President of Old Friends; John Nicholson, former Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park, to take over as […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – Dec. 9, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce that Godolphin’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Alpha arrived at the farm on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 for his retirement. Bred by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Darley in America, Alpha, who is by Bernardini–Munnaya, by Nijinsky […]
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