Press Release

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 […]

The 8-year old bay gelding, who ran in the 2018 Kentucky Derby, ended up racing in Puerto Rico where he was retired GEORGETOWN, KY – Dec. 8, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is happy to announce that, through a group effort, Noble Indy arrived at the farm for his retirement on […]

GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Dec. 3, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that Sun King, a multiple graded stakes winning millionaire, was euthanized at Rood and Riddle on Saturday, Dec. 2, due to inoperable cancer. He was 21. The dark bay stallion has been at Old Friends for six […]

The 14-year old winner of the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Sprint was donated to the farm courtesy of his owners, Richard & Karen Papiese’s Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc. GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Nov. 18, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., has announced that Work All Week, the 2015 Eclipse Award-winning Champion Sprinter, and 2014 Breeders’ […]

The 9-year old gelding comes to the farm courtesy of Adam Wachtel and his ownership group. GEORGETOWN, KY – Nov. 15, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce the arrival of graded-stakes winning millionaire, Channel Maker, on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The 9-year old award-winning chestnut gelding was donated to […]