Press Release

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 […]

Georgetown, KY – July 25, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce the arrival of Flatlined, winner of the 2016 Old Friends Stakes at Kentucky Downs. The 13-year-old gelding by Flatter out of Buttercup’s Song arrived courtesy of his owner Nicole Riley on July 21. Flatlined joins […]

As we are in the midst of the heat of summer, our Facilities Manager and crew have been working hard to distribute hay around the farm after we suffered a long, wet, winter and spring. We currently have twelve barns that will need to be stocked with hay before the winter ahead, and we are […]

GEORGETOWN, Ky. – June 9, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that Joey P has succumbed to complications from a respiratory illness. He was 23. “Joey P was a wonderful example of the star-power of ‘regional’ racehorses,” said John Nicholson, President and CEO of Old Friends. “Joey P built […]

A Farewell to the Horses That Have Passed Please Join us Monday May 26, 2025 at 1 p.m. for Old Friends’ Annual Tribute to our Recently Deceased Horses (Free & Open to the Public) Old Friends Farm 1841 Paynes Depot Rd Georgetown, KY 40324

GEORGETOWN, KY. – May 18, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce that with her win in Race 2, the Old Friends Purse, at Pimlico on Saturday, May 18, 2024, 43.8-to-1 long shot, The Amazing Mizzen, earned “retirement for life” at Old Friends should she choose it when she […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – May 15, 2024 – This Saturday, May 17, 2024, Pimlico Racecourse will host the third running of the “Old Friends Purse,” an allowance race that will benefit the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. The Old Friends Purse is the 2nd race on Saturday’s undercard of the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1). […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. — May 11, 2025 — Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., would like to thank artist Robert Clark for coming to Old Friends 20th Annual Homecoming event on Sunday, May 4, 2025, and creating a beautiful painting of this year’s Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, which was then auctioned off to benefit […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – May 6, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., held its 20th Annual Homecoming event on Sunday, May 4, 2025, and would like to say thank you to all who attended and made it a tremendous success. Over 300 people attended the event, which is held each year on the […]

GEORGETOWN, Ky. – April 30, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., will host its 20th Annual Homecoming event on Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Included in the day’s activities will be a number of celebrated authors signing their most recent books about Thoroughbreds and Thoroughbred […]