GEORGETOWN, KY – APRIL 14, 2022 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, KY., will host its 17th Annual “Homecoming” on Sunday May 8th, 2022 from 12 noon to 4pm. This year will be a very special celebration as we commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Silver Charm’s Kentucky Derby victory. Silver Charm (pictured […]
[ Read More ]It’s Time to Vote! Thank you for entering our contest and submitting a name for our High Heels ’19 filly. We received over 500 fabulous entries! And while it was a tough choice, our panel of Old Friends experts have finally narrowed them to these 5 finalists. A) A-Flat Miner B) Espadrille C) Goldisocks D) Run for the Heels […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – FEB. 16, 2022 – Affirmed Success, multiple Grade 1 winner and a true warrior on the New York racing circuit, was euthanized today at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY., where he had been pensioned since 2007. According to attending veterinarians the 28-year-old gelding was suffering from chronic hoof […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – MARCH 23, 2022 – Six pensioned stallions from the Lexington, KY., -based Shadwell Farm have been donated to Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement. Albertus Maximus, Kayrawan, Intidab, Mustanfar, Dumaani, and Swain were relocated in recent weeks from Shadwell’s Nashwan Stud complex to the non-profit organization’s Georgetown, KY., farm, joining its 143 other residents, […]
[ Read More ]Name Our Filly High Heels ’19 is a 3-year-old filly by Mineshaft out of the mare High Heels. She is a registered Thoroughbred, unraced due to injury, and so is without a proper name. Before she has a total identity crisis, we’re asking your help to secure this pretty girl the perfect moniker. The Deets […]
[ Read More ]GEORGETOWN, KY – FEB. 25, 2022 —Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, KY., announced today that the farm has been chosen as the final resting place of multiple graded stakes winner Medina Spirit. Medina Spirit’s ashes will be interred in Old Friends’s Nikki Bacharach Memorial Garden alongside such champions as Kentucky Derby Winners […]
[ Read More ]Silver Charm, the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner and Hall of Famer will celebrate his 28th birthday on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
[ Read More ]Multiple graded stakes winner and 1996 Breeders’ Cup Classic Champion Alphabet Soup was euthanized January 28 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement farm in Georgetown, KY., where he has been pensioned since 2015. The cause of death was chronic kidney disease.
[ Read More ]Popcorn Deelites, one the several Thoroughbreds that portrayed Depression-era hero Seabiscuit in the 2003 Oscar-nominated film, has died.
[ Read More ]Our son of Kris S officially turns 31 on February 14. Being the oldest horse on the farm is no easy achievement. Won’t you help us celebrate with some extra special birthday-Valentine love by sending him a card?
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