The festivities will take place at Old Friends’s Dream Chase Farm, located at 1841 Paynes Depot Road in Georgetown. Tickets are $25. Members or students tickets are available for $15, and reservations can be made by calling (502) 863-1775.
Guests will enjoy a full BBQ buffet by Tommy Walters of Furlong’s Catering, farm tours, live and silent auctions, a demonstration on the making of Raku/horse hair pottery by the artists of Pottery Rowe, and music by Lexington favorite Roger BonDurant.
And this year guests can also look forward to a special appearance and performance by singer/songwriter Liza G Fly, best known for her song “Zenyatta.”
Old Friends is home to 30 BC starters, including Marquetry, Will’s Way, Eclipse Champions Sunshine Forever and Hidden Lake, and Gulch, who captured the BC Sprint in 1988. (See complete list below.)
“We’re so honored to have in our care so many horses that contributed to the success of the Breeders’ Cup,” said Old Friends president and founder Michael Blowen. “In all our horses have made 49 starts in Breeders’ Cup races and we hope everyone will come out to celebrate their accomplishments.”
OLD FRIENDS BC STARTERS AND WINNERS
(D – Deceased; NY – resides at Old Friends at Cabin Creek: The Bobby Frankel Division in Greenfield Center, NY)
Affirmed Success – Sprint, 1998 & 1999; Mile, 2000
Awad (D) – Turf, 1995, 1996 & 1997
*Black Tie Affair (D) – Sprint, 1989; Sprint, 1990; Winner of the BC Classic, 1991
Bluesthestandard – Sprint, 2003
Bonapaw – Sprint, 2002
Commentator – Sprint, 2007
Delay of Game – Mile, 1999
Estrapade – Turf, 1986
*Fraise (D) – Winner of the Turf, 1992; Turf 1993 & 1994
Glitterman (D) – Sprint, 1990
*Gulch – Juvenile, 1986; Classic, 1987; Winner of the Sprint, 1988
Hidden Lake – Ladies Classic, 1997
Marquetry – BC Classic, 1991, 1992 &1993
Polish Navy (D) – Juvenile, 1996
*Precisionist (D)
Classic, 1984; Winner of the BC Sprint, 1985; Classic, 1986; Sprint, 1988
*Prized – Winner of the Turf, 1989
Richard’s Lass (D)– Ladies Classic, 1991
Ruhlmann (D) – Sprint, 1988
Shadow Caster – Sprint, 2003
Siphonizer – Juvenile, 2003
Smokey Stover – Sprint, 2007
Special Ring – Mile, 2003 & 2004
Sunshine Forever – Turf, 1988 & 1989
Taylor’s Special (D) – Sprint, 1986 & 1987
Thornfield – Turf, 1999
Tinners Way – BC Classic, 1995
Thunder Rumble (NY) – BC Classic, 1992
Wallenda – BC Classic, 1993
Will’s Way (NY) – BC Classic, 1996
You and I – Sprint, 1995
For more information about any of the Breeders’ Cup horses or any of the retirees at Old Friends contact the farm at (502) 863-1775.
About Old Friends
Old Friends is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that cares for more than 100 retired racehorses. Its Dream Chase Farm, located in Georgetown, KY, is open to tourists daily by appointment. Old Friends also has a satellite facility in Greenfield Center, New York, Old Friends at Cabin Creek: The Bobby Frankel Division, which is also open to visitors. 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.
MEDIA CONTACT Cynthia Grisolia, (347) 423-7322, cagrisolia@yahoo.com, or Sylvia Stiller, (502) 863-1775, sylvia@oldfriendsequine.org