Zippy Chippy, left, and Red Down South at Cabin Creek by Connie Bush/Tiger Eye Photography. GREENFIELD CENTER, NY – APRIL 16, 2022 – Zippy Chippy, horse racing’s most loveable loser, has died. A retiree at Old Friends at Cabin Creek in Greenfield Center, NY, a satellite of Kentucky’s Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement, the son of…
Photo of Medina Spirit Courtesy of Photographer Bee Buck. GEORGETOWN, KY – FEB. 25, 2022 —Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, KY, announced that the farm has been chosen as the final resting place of multiple graded stakes winner Medina Spirit. Medina Spirit’s ashes will be interred in Old Friends’ Nikki Bacharach Memorial…
Photo by Laura Battles. GEORGETOWN, KY – JANUARY 28, 2022 — Multiple graded stakes winner and 1996 Breeders’ Cup Classic Champion Alphabet Soup was euthanized January 28 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement farm in Georgetown, KY, where he has been pensioned since 2015. The cause of death was chronic kidney disease. At 31, the gray…
Photo by Laura Battles. GEORGETOWN, KY – JANUARY 20, 2022 — Popcorn Deelites, one of several Thoroughbreds that portrayed Depression-era hero Seabiscuit in the 2003 Oscar-nominated film, has died. The cause of death was complications from colic. The 24-year-old gelding, who had a moderate racing career in mostly claiming contests, had been retired at Old…
Photo: Laura Battles. GEORGETOWN, KY – NOV. 20, 2021 – Multiple graded stakes winner Albert the Great was euthanized November 19 at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement farm based in Georgetown, KY, where he has been pensioned since 2017. According to attending veterinarian Dr. Bryan Waldridge, the 23-year-old stallion was euthanized due to chronic sinus…
Bordonaro (left) and Next Shares (Photo Mary Greene) Graded Stakes Winners Next Shares and Bordonaro GEORGETOWN, KY – SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY, has welcomed new retirees. Next Shares, winner of the 2018 Old Friends Stakes at Kentucky Downs, and multiple graded stakes winner Bordonaro. A Richard…
Photo: Slim Shadey at Old Friends by Laura Battles. GEORGETOWN, KY – APRIL 11, 2021 – Two-time graded-stakes winner Slim Shadey has died. The 13-year-old gelding had been a pensioner at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement farm based in Georgetown, KY, since 2019. Old Friends’ attending veterinary, Dr. Bryan Waldridge, released this statement: “Slim Shadey…
Photo by Antonio Marin. GEORGETOWN, KY – JANUARY 16, 2021 – Grade 1 winner and Grade 1 sire Bellamy Road has been pensioned to Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility based in Georgetown, KY. A Florida-bred son of Concerto out of Hurry Home Hillary, Bellamy Road, now 19, retired from racing in 2007 following an…
GEORGETOWN, KY – November 23, 2020 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, KY, is proud to welcome multiple graded stakes winner Tom’s Ready. The 7-year-old son of More Than Ready — Goodbye Stranger, by Broad Brush, stood initially at Spendthrift Farm and then at Red River Farms in Louisiana. Bred in Pennsylvania…
Awesome Again (Photo: Laura Battles) GEORGETOWN, KY – OCTOBER 30, 2020 — Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, KY, announced the arrival of two new stallions: Multiple graded stakes winners Awesome Again and Milwaukee Brew. Both were pensioned from stud duty in 2019 at Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs, near Paris, KY, and have…
