GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Sarava, the upset winner of the 2002 Belmont Stakes at 70-1 odds, died Monday at his retirement farm in Kentucky. The 24-year-old horse was euthanized due to complications from a leg fracture, according to a preliminary veterinarian report from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. His death was announced by Old Friends farm in […]
[ Read More ]The 24-year old stallion was the first Classic winner to be donated to Old Friends thanks to his owners, Gary Drake, and Paul and Susan Roy of Great Britain. GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Aug. 28, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is deeply saddened to announce that Sarava, the upset winner of the […]
[ Read More ]“Rapid Redux made history by winning 22 consecutive races in a little over two years – more than Citation, Cigar or Zenyatta. Amanda Duckworth caught up with this everyday equine celebrity at the Old Friends equine retirement home.” Read more at Thoroughbred Racing Commentary.
[ Read More ]Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announced Aug. 4 that Fearless , a multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire, arrived at the farm Aug. 2. The 7-year old bay gelding was retired to the farm courtesy of his owner, Mike Repole, a longtime supporter of Old Friends. “Fearless was a gutsy and determined racehorse with the […]
[ Read More ]Last fall, JoAnn Pepper got a phone call from eminent New York breeder and owner Vivian Malloy. Malloy had brought her homebred stallion A Shin Forward back from Japan a few years earlier to stand stud in New York, and when his stallion career didn’t take off, she knew it was time to find him […]
[ Read More ]The deadline for bidding on the halter ends this Sunday night, Aug. 13, 2023, 8 p.m. GEORGETOWN, KY – Aug. 9, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is auctioning off a halter worn by Silver Charm, the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, and will be donating all proceeds to Caribbean Thoroughbred […]
[ Read More ]OKLAHOMA CITY – Welder, the record-holder for wins at Remington Park with 16, arrived at his new home this morning, Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky. The speedy gray was retired from racing during the fall of 2021. Owned by Ra-Max Farms of Claremore, Okla. and trained by Teri Luneack, Welder was accepted to live at […]
[ Read More ]The 7-year old millionaire retires to the farm thanks to his owner, Mike Repole, a long-time Old Friends’ Supporter GEORGETOWN, KY – Aug. 4, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce that Fearless, a multiple-graded stakes winning millionaire, arrived at the farm Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. The 7-year old […]
[ Read More ]In concert with the refurbishment of our original tobacco barn into the Ms. Josephine Abercrombie Center at Old Friends, High Road Productions is producing individual videos celebrating 15 of our retirees, to be shown on the video screens in the center. Would you like to sponsor all or a portion of a video? For donations […]
[ Read More ]“In the never-ending search for the perfect Thoroughbred, lovers of the sport have settled for ‘old school’ and ‘all-around’ as a form of lofty compromise, and a precious few have come along fill the bill. Round Table could win from seven furlongs on the dirt to 12 furlongs on the grass. Dr. Fager was a […]
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