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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

First Retiree Narrow Escape Euthanized at Old Friends
Georgetown, KY—April 13, 2009—Michael Blowen, president and founder of Old Friends, is sad to announce that the retirement farm has lost its oldest friend. Narrow Escape, the first Thoroughbred pensioned at the Georgetown, Kentucky facility in 2 ... Read the full article

McCarron, Haskin, Cruguet of Old Friends to Announce Winner of “Name that Horse” Challenge
GEORGETOWN, KY—APRIL 27, 2009—The Old Friends Annual “Homecoming” will take place Sunday May 3rd at the Georgetown, KY farm, located on 1841 Paynes Depot Road. The event begins at 5 p.m. and will feature a buffet by Wallace Station, live Bluegrass mu ... Read the full article

Badabing in the Bluegrass at O’Neill’s to Benefit Old Friends
GEORGETOWN, KY— MARCH 25, 2009 —It’s an offer you can’t refuse. Thursday April 2nd will be “Badabing in the Bluegrass Night” at O’Neill’s in Lexington, starring comedian and actor Frank Santorelli (The Sopranos). Proceeds from the event, presente ... Read the full article

Eclipse Winner Hidden Lake to Old Friends
Hidden Lake, who earned the 1997 Eclipse award for top older female, will become the newest retiree at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY. Her owner, Robert S. Evans of Connecticut, donated her. ... Read the full article

Old Friends Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
(Louisville, KY) February 23, 2009 – On Saturday, February 28, Louisville’s Historic Seelbach Hilton will present “Old Friends Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail,” a dinner and bourbon tasting to benefit the famed haven for retired thoroughbred racehor ... Read the full article

Top Sprinter Bonapaw Retired at Old Friends
GEORGETOWN, KY— MARCH 19, 2009 —Bonapaw, winner of the 2002 G1 Vosburg Stakes, has arrived at Old Friends. His owner, James Richards, Jr. of Louisiana, donated the now 13-year-old gelding to the Georgetown-based Thoroughbred retirement facility last ... Read the full article

The Great Racehorse Ruhlmann, Dead at 23
Ruhlmann, the eight-time stakes winning stallion and winner of the 1990 Santa Anita Derby, died on Christmas Eve. He was 23. The news was announced today by a saddened Michael Blowen, founder and president of Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY, where the distinguished stallion had been pensioned since 2004. ... Read the full article

FOSH Announces Change to its North American Championships
Friends of Sound Horses (FOSH) has announced that it is changing the name of its North American Pleasure Walking Horse Championships to better reflect the diversity of the various gaited horse breeds that compete in its shows. Some of the other bree ... Read the full article

Old Friends Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Historic Seelbach announces Benefit Event
The Historic Seelbach Hilton today announced the first-ever “Old Friends Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail” dinner and bourbon tasting to benefit the famed haven for retired thoroughbred racehorses. ... 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

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

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

Jade Hunter, Son of Mr. Prospector and Sire of the Great Azeri, Retires to Old Friends
GEORGETOWN, KY—July 8, 2009—Old Friends, the non-profit Thoroughbred retirement facility, announced today that Jade Hunter, the 25 year old sire of 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri, will be permanently pensioned at the organization’s Georgetown farm. ... Read the full article

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

Stakes Winner Flying Pidgeon Euthanized
This morning, the people of Old Friends said farewell to a dear friend, millionaire Flying Pidgeon. ... Read the full article

Old Friends Rescues Horse from Ernie Paragallo’s NewYork Farm
GEORGETOWN, KY—APRIL 24, 2009—By now, most people have heard about the alledged charges of animal cruelty pending against prominent owner and breeder Ernie Paragallo after more than 170 Thoroughbreds were found starved and neglected at his upstate Ne ... Read the full article

Talon Winery's "BBQ Cook-off and Concert" to Benefit Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm has Been Postponed
LEXINGTON, KY--JUNE 22, 2009--Talon Winery's premiere "Annual BBQ Cook-off and Concert" has been moved! Originally scheduled to take place on Friday, June 26th, the cookin', eatin' wine-tastin' Bluegrass-lovin' event has been tentatively reschedul ... Read the full article

Stallion Ticker Hosts Online Auction to Benefit Old Friends
The bloodstock auction site The Stallion Ticker (www.stallionticker.com) has teamed up with Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY, to host a benefit auction to celebrate the retirement of Lava Man, the great California champion who will arrive at Old Friends in March 2009 ... Read the full article

Memorial Service to be Held at Old Friends for Stakes-Winning Stallion Ballindaggin
On Saturday, September 6, at 5:30 pm a public memorial service will be held for Ballindaggin, the recently deceased New York-bred stallion who had been a resident at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY. ... Read the full article