Press Release

Georgetown, KY – January 13, 2026 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce that reservations for 2026 tours are now open. Old Friends’ tours resume on March 9th with a full menu including public and private tours at Dream Chase Farm. Among those on the 2026 menu include […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – January 12, 2026 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement farm located in Georgetown, Kentucky, is excited to announce the launch of a very special search – one inspired by none other than 2008 Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown. With his trademark charm and sense of purpose, Big Brown is sounding the call to […]

Andie Biancone modeling January’s hat with Cozmic One (Carson Blevins photo). GEORGETOWN, KY – January 2, 2026 – For the fourteenth year MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS® of Cape Cod and Old Friends in Kentucky and Cabin Creek are teaming up again for “Hats Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby”! “Hats Off” is an […]

Andie Biancone modeling January’s Cozmic One hat with Keith Asmussen and Cozmic One (Photo by Carson Blevins). GEORGETOWN, KY – December 23, 2025 – Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky is pleased to announce the return of “Hats Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby” in 2026, a four-month Derby hat auction series sponsored by […]

GEORGETOWN, Ky. – November 13, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that 1997 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, Touch Gold, has been euthanized at the age of 31 due to the infirmities of old age. The two-time Grade 1 winner had resided at Old Friends since 2015. “Saying […]

Graded stakes winner Dean Martini has been retired by David A. Bernsen LLC’s and has taken up residency at Old Friends in Georgetown, Kentucky on October 23. A popular horse with the fans while sporting Bernsen’s “Siamese Cat Drinking a Martini” silks, Dean Martini retires with earnings of $664,780, while logging wins in the Gr3 […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – OCTOBER 17, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce a new partnership with MyRacehorse that brings together the passionate supporters of two organizations dedicated to celebrating the sport of Thoroughbred Racing and its athletes. “I believe MyRacehorse and Old Friends represent all that is good about […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce the arrival of Major Blue, the final horse owned by legendary Hall Of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Raced by Lukas along with wife Laurie and their close friends, it was immediately clear that Major Blue […]

Old Friends is thrilled to partner with Churchill Downs in celebrating Thoroughbred Aftercare Day on September 27, 2025. GATES OPEN: 11:30 A.M. | FIRST RACE: 12:45 P.M. Stop by our table and pick up your free gift as we celebrate legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas with the running of the $400,000 Lukas Classic, and the arrival […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – AUGUST 14, 2025 – Special Ring, a multiple Grade One stakes winner and son of international sire Nureyev, has died at 28 after suffering complications from colic. A pensioner since 2005 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in Georgetown, KY, Special Ring was the last surviving member of the original 15 Thoroughbred retirees who […]