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
Ticketing Available for our Old Friends 20th Annual Homecoming! With the first Saturday in May fast approaching, that can only mean one thing: The 15... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – April 14, 2025 – Old Friends is pleased to announce that it has signed on with Melissa Bauer-Herzog’s Pyrois Media to handle... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – April 3, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., will host its 20th Annual Homecoming event o... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – March 19, 2025 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., has announced it is donating $4,380 to bene... 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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