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. – Jan. 28, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that two graded-st... Read More
GEORGETOWN, KY. – Jan. 9, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce the mid-December 2024 ... Read More
GEORGETOWN, KY. – Dec. 30, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., is pleased to announce the arrival of si... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Dec. 24, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that Group winner ... 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
“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
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