The passing of Affirmed Success last week was a profound change, the going of one of the foundations of Old Friends. It wasn’t just that he’d been with us since 2007. Or that he was the last of Affirmed’s greatest sons. It was who he was.
[ Read More ]Affirmed Success (Affirmed–Towering Succes, by Irish Tower), a three-time Grade I winner at seven and eight furlongs and back-to-back winner of the GIII Poker H. on the turf, was euthanized Feb. 16 at Old Friends in Georgetown, Kentucky. He was 28 years old and according to attending veterinarians, was suffering from chronic hoof infections. Read more […]
[ Read More ]Multiple graded stakes winner Albert the Great was euthanized November 19 at Old Friends where he has been pensioned since 2017. According to attending veterinarian Dr. Bryan Waldridge, the 23-year-old stallion was euthanized due to chronic sinus infection.
[ Read More ]Multiple graded stakes winner and pensioned New York stallion Cosmonaut was humanely euthanized Oct. 29 at Cornell Equine Hospital due to complications from surgery. The gray son of Lemon Drop Kid was 19.
[ Read More ]Click here to view our tribute to the horses we have lost the past year.
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