Press Release

GEORGETOWN, KY. – May 4, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY, will host its 18th Annual Homecoming Event on Sunday, May 7th, beginning at 12 noon. The event features a live and silent auction of artwork, prints, and racing memorabilia, including several premiere collectible stallion halters. For those unable to attend the […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – May 1, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., announced today that Mystery Trip, an unraced mare who came to the farm courtesy of LNJ Foxwoods, was euthanized due to chronic hoof issues. She was 22. Bred by W. S. Farish & Kilroy Thoroughbred Partnership, Mystery Trip was foaled in […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – April 28, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., sadly announced today the passing of Disturbingthepeace, a two-time winner of the Pat O’Brian Stakes and earner of over $650,000, due to complications from colic. He was 25. Disturbingthepeace, who is by Bold Badgett-Regal Riot, by Sovereign Dancer, was a beautiful, […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – April 26, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., will dedicate three new street signs on the farm during its 18th Annual Homecoming event, Sunday, May 7, 2023, noon to 4 p.m. The new signs will honor three of horse racing’s long-time luminaries and supporters of Old Friends: * Dave […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – April 11, 2023 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., will host its 18th Annual Homecoming event on Sunday, May 7th, 2023 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Homecoming event tickets are $40 for the general public and $20 for Old Friends Clubhouse members (children 12 and under are free). For tickets, […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – March 19, 2023 – Eye of the Tiger, a two-time graded-stakes winner, was found dead in his paddock early Saturday morning, March 18, 2023 at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky. Necropsy results are pending. Michael Blowen, founder and president of Old Friends, made the announcement on Sunday, March 19, 2023. Eye of the Tiger […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – March 21, 2023 – Old Friends, the Kentucky-based non-profit Thoroughbred Retirement facility, has broken ground on a state-of-the-art center at its Georgetown location to be called The Ms. Josephine Abercrombie Center at Old Friends. The structure, a renovation of an old tobacco barn, is sponsored in part by Josephine Abercrombie’s Pin Oak […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – March 6, 2023 – Any Given Saturday has been repatriated to the United States from South Korea to spend his retirement at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., founder and president of Old Friends, Michael Blowen, announced today. The son of Distorted Humor–Weekend in Indy, by A.P. Indy had […]

GEORGETOWN, KY. – Feb. 15, 2023 – Afternoon Deelites, a six-time, graded-stakes winner, was euthanized February 14 at Old Friends, the Kentucky-based thoroughbred retirement farm, due to complications from colic. He was 31. Old Friends President and Founder, Michael Blowen, announced his passing today. The dark bay stallion, who was the farm’s oldest resident, and was […]

From Michael.. An interviewer recently asked me to reflect on the 20th anniversary of Old Friends. Naturally, I’m very proud of Old Friends’ accomplishments. Starting with one horse and growing to the point where we have more than 200 retirees in Kentucky and a branch with JoAnn Pepper at Old Friends at Cabin Creek in Greenfield Center, New […]