Press Release

When the horses break from the starting gate in the 150th Kentucky Derby, they aren’t just racing for the Garland of Roses. With Derby Gives 2024 they are Racing For More! Each elite Thoroughbred will be paired with a Thoroughbred aftercare nonprofit with a $150,000 purse to be shared. The Churchill Downs Foundation has chosen 20 Aftercare organizations to […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – April 16, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that Even the Score, a two-time graded-stakes winner, was euthanized at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital on Saturday, April 13, 2024, due to colic. He was 26. The beautiful gray stallion had been at Old Friends since […]

Total Wine Spirits Beer & More 4th Annual “After the Race” Charity Event Saturday April 20, 2024 10am to 5:30pm Lexington Green Location Benefiting Old Friends Farm, Our Mims and Kentucky Equine Adoption Center *Special appearance, bottle signing and tasting by… Mark and Digger from the “Moonshiners” TV show and creators of “Sugarland Moonshine”. *Silent […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – March 30, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., will host its 19th Annual Homecoming event on Sunday, May 5, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Homecoming tickets are $50 for the general public and $25 for Old Friends 2024 Clubhouse members (children 12 and under are free). […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – March 27, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce the arrival of multiple graded-stakes winner, McCraken, to the farm for his retirement on Monday, March 26, 2024. The 10-year old stallion was donated to the farm courtesy of Airdrie Stud, which has long supported Old Friends, and […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – March 21, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce the arrival of 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner, I’ll Have Another to the farm on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 for his retirement. The 14-year old stallion was donated to Old Friends courtesy of his […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]