Old Friends - Thoroughbred Retirement



TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR TWO 
UPCOMING OLD FRIENDS EVENTS
  

OLD FRIENDS 16th ANNUAL HOMECOMING 
Sunday May 3rd, 2020, 1 pm -5 pm
 Old Friends Farm
1841 Paynes Depot Rd., 
Georgetown, KY 40324

Join us for a day of sumptuous BBQ, live & silent auctions of choice racing memorabilia, collectible stallion halters, photography, artwork, and more, farm tours, and live music. Tickets are $30; $15 for 2020 Membership holders; kids under 12 are free. Tickets can be reserved now by CLICKING HERE or contacting the farm at (502) 863-1775.
OLD FRIENDS BREEDERS' CUP CELEBRATION
Sunday November 8th, 2020, 12 pm - 4 pm
Old Friends Farm
1841 Paynes Depot Rd., 
Georgetown, KY 40324

With the Breeders' Cup here in Lexington at Keeneland Racecourse in 2020 we hope fans will include us in their plans and come out for the day to see our wonderful past Breeders' Cup stars.  

The day will include a BBQ buffet, farm tours, live music, and both live and silent auctions of racing memorabilia, much of which will celebrate winners of  past Breeders' Cup races. Tickets are $30; $15 for 2020 Membership holders; kids under 12 are free. Tickets can be reserved now by CLICKING HERE  or contact the farm at (502) 863-1775.

Over the years, Old Friends has retired more than 25 Breeders' Cup winners or contenders, among them:

 
Alphabet Soup - winner 1996 BC Classic
Little Mike - winner 2012 BC Turf
Stormy Liberal - winner 2017 & 2018 BC Sprint
*Gulch - winner 1988 BC Sprint
*Prized, winner 1989 BC Turf
*Black Tie Affair - winner 1991 BC Classic
*Fraise - winner 1992 BC Turf
Eldaafer, winner - 2010 BC Marathon
Amazombie, winner - 2011 BC sprint
*Sunshine Forever - 2nd in the 1988 BC Turf
Silver Charm - 2nd in the 1998 BC Classic
Game On Dude - 2nd in the 2011 BC Classic
Rail Trip ­- 3rd in 2011 BC Dirt Mile
 
*Now Deceased
 

Alphabet Soup
(Photo: Laura Battles)
Little Mike 
(Photo: Laura Battles)
Gulch 
(Photo: EquiSport)
Stormy Liberal 
(Photo: Laura Battles)

   
Old Friends is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that cares for 150 retired racehorses. It's Dream Chase Farm, located in Georgetown, KY, is open to tourists daily by appointment. Old Friends also has a satellite facility in Greenfield Center, N.Y., Old Friends at Cabin Creek: The Bobby Frankel Division. For more information on tours or to make a donation, contact the main farm at (502) 863-1775 or see their website at www.oldfriendsequine.org.