Anne Eberhardt visits Old Friends Farm near Georgetown, Ky and talks with Michael Blowen about Big Brown who has retired from stud and now resides at Old Friends. Watch it on Blood-Horse here ... Read More
GEORGETOWN, K.Y. (NEWS10) – The new Belmont Stakes champion, Sovereignty, is resting up after his big win on Saturday. Meanwhile, the oldest living Belmont Stakes winner, Touch Gold, is enjoying re... Read More
Silver Charm, oldest living Kentucky Derby winner, is still charming fans at 31
GEORGETOWN, Ky. − Michael Blowen emerges from the garage of his home with a red Solo cup full of treats that have been ground up specifically for the 31-year-old horse he calls his favorite living t... Read More
Alphabet Soup: ‘Honest to a fault – when he was right, he ran his heart out, win or lose’
“Alphabet Soup didn’t have to be a star. If you’d have asked him, and he’d been able to answer, maybe he didn’t even want to be a star. There was no particular destiny attached to his li... Read More
GEORGETOWN, KY – AUGUST 14, 2025 – Special Ring, a multiple Grade One stakes winner and son of international sire Nureyev, has died at 28 after s... Read More
Georgetown, KY – July 25, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce the arrival of Flatlined,... Read More
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 suffer... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – June 9, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that Joey P has su... Read More
We’re saddened by the passing of Elaborate. He was 30 years old. A graded stakes winner whose competitors included eventual Old Friends retirees Early Pioneer and Shadow Caster, he was retired to Old Friends in November 2014. He spent nearly all of... Read More
We are saddened by the loss of Gold Round, who was euthanized in her paddock due to complications from colic. She was 27 years old. Since coming to live with us in September 2020 she has been one of Old Friends’ kindest and most gracious residents.... Read More
What can I say? 2008 Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown, and Cozmic One, one of the most loved foals of all time, need no introduction. Read more here. ... Read More
When Interwin came to live with us in 2016, the big, solid-boned chestnut gelding attracted attention because he was Australian. That our other Aussie, Bint Marscay, had come to America was no wonder. As a champion and the dam of three good racehor... Read More
We are saddened by the passing of Old Friends’ longest-time Thoroughbred resident, Riva Way, who has lived at Old Friends in Kentucky since 2005—almost twenty years. On the track, Riva was just a claimer, but he was one of the most loved personal... Read More
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