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Tuesday is Calvin Borel Day at Old Friends
GEORGETOWN, KY—JUNE 25, 2009—Calvin Borel is coming to Old Friends! Michael Blowen, president and founder of Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility, announced today that Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks-winning jockey Calvin Borel will ... Read the full article

Calvin Borel Autograph signing Saturday at Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y. – Jockey Calvin Borel, regular rider of Preakness and Mother Goose winner Rachel Alexandra, will autograph photos at Belmont Park on Saturday, July 4 from 2-2:45 p.m. Borel will sign 8x10 glossy, color copies of Rachel Alexandra from ... Read the full article

NYRA matches money raised during Calvin Borel Autograph Signing
ELMONT, N.Y. – Fans lined up at Belmont Park Saturday afternoon to get autographs from jockey Calvin Borel, resulting in more than $4,000 being raised for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). The proceeds from the signing, with autographs ... Read the full article

"Rachel" out of Belmont Stakes; Borel to ride "Bird"
ELMONT, N.Y. – Preakness heroine Rachel Alexandra will skip the 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, freeing jockey Calvin Borel to ride Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the 1½-mile “Test of the Champio ... Read the full article

No Fairy Tale- Rachel Alexandra best in Mother Goose
ELMONT, N.Y. – For a brief second, it looked like Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra might be in for a tough race, but on the far turn jockey Calvin Borel asked his filly for run and with an explosive move she quickly opened up for an authoritative 19 ... Read the full article

2007 Kentucky Derby Results
A well-matched full field of twenty three-year-old hopefuls made the gate in the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (G1). After a dark and wet Oaks Day on Friday, the sun came out on Saturday which dried the track back to "fast" and h ... Read the full article

Kensei powers away impressively in Dwyer
ELMONT, N.Y. – Kensei, ridden by Edgar Prado and trained by Steve Asmussen, made a powerful move on the far turn en route to an impressive 3-1/4 length victory in the 92nd running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Dwyer at Belmont Park on Saturday, July 4. Th ... Read the full article

Mine that Bird arrives for Belmont Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. – After a smooth and uneventful flight from Louisville, Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird arrived at Belmont Park just before 4 p.m. for his engagement in Saturday’s 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes. Trainer ... Read the full article

2007 Preakness Stakes Contenders
The Kentucky Derby is in the record books and the only horse with a chance to be the next Triple Crown winner is now Street Sense. Can he do it or will someone else win the Preakness? Here is the latest list of horses planning to start in the Preakne ... Read the full article

2007 Belmont Stakes Contenders
There won't be a Triple Crown winner this year and it looks like Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense will be absent, but Preakness winner and Derby third Curlin will again take on Derby runner-up and Preakness third Hard Spun. Several of the Derby hor ... Read the full article

Sweet 'Bird' of Youth delivers for Desormeaux, Ice
ELMONT, N.Y. – Redemption came from off the pace Saturday afternoon, on a day when speed ruled and youth was served. Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, after six failed tries that included “the toughest beat in history” with Real Quiet in 1998 a ... Read the full article

Borel predicts victory for Mine that Bird; "Candy" Works
Under jockey Calvin Borel, Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird had his final pre-Belmont Stakes work Monday morning at Churchill Downs, covering a half-mile in 50.00 in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million race at Belmont Park. Clockers caught t ... Read the full article

2007 Preakness Stakes Entries
Post positions were selected for the 132nd Preakness on Wednesday afternoon in the ESPNzone in Baltimore, Maryland. Instead of the connections selecting posts as has been done the last few years, this year the post positions were drawn in the traditi ... Read the full article

World-Renowned Equine Photographer Barbara D. Livingston Releases of "More Old Friends"
Lexington, KY - September 7, 2007 - Five years ago, with the release of Old Friends, Barbara D. Livingston touched the hearts of thousands of horse lovers. Almost instantly the demands for a sequel began. As a result More Old Friends has finally come ... Read the full article

2007 Lake George Stakes Results
The summer meet at Saratoga Race Course is the highlight of the eastern racing calendar, with some of the country's richest purses and most prestigious stakes races conducted in a resort setting. The opening Friday of the meet featured the $100,000 L ... Read the full article

Old Friends Announces Winner of “Name that Horse” Challenge
GEORGETOWN, KY—MAY 13, 2009—It has been chosen. A panel of judges has spoken, and a winner has been selected from the more than 100 entries received last week in Old Friends “Name that Horse” challenge. For the competition, participants were aske ... Read the full article

2007 Kentucky Derby Entries
Entries were drawn today for the 133rd Kentucky Derby to be run on Saturday, May 6. Arkansas Derby winner Curlin is listed as the 7-2 morning line favorite over 4-1 second choice Street Sense, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Wood Memorial winne ... Read the full article

Old Friends Annual Homecoming Event is May 3
GEORGETOWN, KY— APRIL 13, 2009 —Mark your calendars for the first Sunday in May. On Sunday, May 3rd, Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, KY, will host its Annual Homecoming. Friends and fans are invited to come and celebr ... Read the full article

"Rachel" takes up Summer Residence in Saratoga Springs
ELMONT, N.Y. – Scarcely 12 hours after her record-setting victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose at Belmont Park, Rachel Alexandra stepped onto a van that carried her up the Northway to Saratoga Race Course, which will be the base for h ... Read the full article

Stage Colony, 22, Euthanized at Old Friends
GEORGETOWN, KY—FEBRUARY 24, 2008— Stage Colony, a son of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Pleasant Colony, was humanely euthanized at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility based in Georgetown, KY, on February 15 due to complications fr ... Read the full article