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
“Michael Blowen loves “being old.” Those are his words, not mine! After years as a film critic for the Boston Globe, he snapped. In the middle of an awful movie, he stood up and yelled at t... Read More
“It was just another day making sales calls. About eight years ago, I walked into a Farmstead Veterinary clinic in rural Indiana and looked at their wall-mounted cork board–the kind with tacke... Read More
During the last week of April, Old Friends Farm purchased 161 acres of land for a sum of $3.5 million dollars, according to a property transfer. “We are excited and exhilarated by this historic step... Read More
GEORGETOWN, KY – Oct. 31, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is extremely pleased to announce the arrival ... Read More
GEORGETOWN, KY. – Oct. 2, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce the arrival of Cozmic... Read More
GEORGETOWN, KY – Sept. 30, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is extremely pleased to announce the arrival... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Sept. 17, 2024 – Old Friends is pleased to announce that it will host The Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers, a tra... 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
“Ide was on the Kentucky Derby trail with wins in the 1996 Southwest Stakes (G3) and Rebel Stakes (G3) when an injury derailed his career.” Read more.... Read More
Sun King achieved his public debut at a week old as one of the cutest babies of 2002. He was featured in the Bloodhorse foal slide show. He had yet to catch up to the huge star on his forehead but his strapping physique already hinted at the muscular... Read More
Work All Week dominated impressively where it mattered, on the track. He made his win at in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Sprint look easy, but he beat some exceptionably fast horses, such as Fast Anna and future Old Friends resident Private Zone. Read mo... Read More
For an all too short three years Old Friends was fortunate to be the home of Tom’s Ready. He died last Monday due to complications from colic surgery, and we miss his kindness and the sweet, expressive ways he convinced us that a carrot is ok but a... Read More
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