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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 1d

One of our favorite traditions continues! Every year around the @breederscup.bsky.social, Dee Poulos sends a floral arrangement for Black Tie Affair's grave. They arrived the other day and just like every year, they're beautiful!

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 2d

🥳The 2026 Old Friends Feed-for-a-Day Calendars are here! 🥳

Featuring Javerre on the cover, with Silver Charm, Touch Gold, Mission Impazible, and more celebrating each month inside!

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know Old Friends has been honored to serve as the retirement home for three @breederscup Classic champions?

🐎Awesome Again
🐎Black Tie Affair
🐎Alphabet Soup

With many other Classic runners also calling Old Friends home.

1996 Breeders' Cup Classic

Alphabet Soup wins a tight race in the 1996 Breeders' Cup Classic at Woodbine.

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 5d

Did You Know? Three Breeders' Cup Turf winners have called Old Friends home.

🐎In 1989, Prized took home the prize.
🐎In 1992 Fraise was the winner.
🐎And in 2012, current Old Friends star Little Mike visited the winner's circle.

2012 Breeders' Cup Turf

Little Mike wins the Turf at Santa Anita on November 3, 2012.

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 6d

Did You Know?

If it seems like we’re collecting winners of the @BreedersCup Sprint, well, we are. Five have become Old Friends retirees!
🐴Precisionist
🐴Gulch
🐴 Cajun Beat
🐴Amazombie
🐴Work All Week

📸Laura Battles

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 7d

Did You Know?
Stormy Liberal is one of 26 horses that have won multiple Breeders’ Cup races. Stormy Liberal sprinted to victory in 2017 before this gutsy win in the 2018 edition held at Churchill Downs.

2018 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint - Stormy Liberal

Stormy Liberal made it back-to-back victories in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) as he wore down the pace-setting World of Trouble to register a neck victory in the second of Saturday’s…

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 8d

Did You Know?
One year after the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile joined the Championship lineup, late Old Friends resident ALBERTUS MAXIMUS was part of a cavalry charge and swept to victory at Oak Tree at Santa Anita.

2008 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile

Albertus Maximus ($14.60) wins the TVG Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita on Oct. 25, 2008.

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 9d

Did You Know?

The Breeders’ Cup Marathon saw ELDAAFER run in four straight editions, winning in 2010 at Churchill Downs in a race that also featured future OF resident Awesome Gem. Take a look and tell us this horse can’t run all day!

2010 Breeders' Cup Marathon

Eldaafer and jockey John Velazquez score in the $500,000, Grade 3 Breeders' Cup Marathon at Churchill Downs on November 5.

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 10d

The Official Aftercare Partner of the Breeders’ Cup is the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. Old Friends has proudly been an original accredited TAA organization since its inception in 2013.

Thank you, Breeders’ Cup for supporting aftercare and Old Friends!

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 11d

Keeneland’s closing day means we’re down to one week left of our regular season tour schedule! We have limited tours available in November and will close from December to February. You can book your tour today at oldfriendsequine.org/visit/

📸 @PyroisMedia

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 12d

Bred by one of our best friends, Samantha Siegel and her dad Mace, El Oh El has been here since 2017. His paddock-mates V.E. Day, Forte Dei Marmi, and Own Agenda say he absolutely does laugh out loud at everything & it’s borderline annoying.

📸 Laura Battles

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 13d

🐎Can You Help?🐎

This month we’re asking our amazing supporters for donations of two items we use a lot: Elastikon tape, & EasyBoots (sizes 4 and 5)

If you’d like to help, you can donate both items through our Amazon Wish List at
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 16d

Hey everyone, it's Lava Man here with a Fall FundRacing update!

You can help the boys catch Bold and Bossy or help her pull farther ahead by donating to your chosen team at oldfriendsequine.org/wp-content/u...!

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 17d

Today we proudly celebrate National Kentucky Day and our place in KY’s equine heritage. Our $2.1 billion state industry is home to 31,000 operations with 209,500 horses, 48,500 of which are Thoroughbreds. There are 12,500 employees & 25 of them work tirelessly on our four farms!

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 18d

We are sad to share the loss of Quindici Man, who was a 3 year resident of Old Friends.

Quindici Man won the Pomona & Zia Park Derbies among his 47 career starts& earning $536,666. We’ll all miss the Man, especially paddock-mate Shackleson. Our condolences to all who loved him.

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 18d

A 2020 arrival at Old Friends, graded stakes winner Poshsky raced from ages 3-10 with 76 starts and 16 wins for $823,383 in earnings. This small, valiant horse is an Old Friends favorite because he’s a great-grandson of one of earliest retirees, Ruhlmann.

📸 Laura Battles

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 19d

In 2023 Welder moved in and brought his Oklahoma Racing Hall of Fame credentials with him! Today Welder celebrates Oklahoma Classics Day at Remington Park by remembering his Sprint scores in 2018-19-20. He’s easy to find. Just look for the gray streak!

WELDER EXTENDS HIS STAKES RECORD AT REMINGTON TO 10 IN ROW, WINNING OKLAHOMA CLASSICS SPRINT

Oklahoma’s two-time Horse of the Year, Welder, won the $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Sprint for the third year in a row Friday night at Remington Park. The lightning fast gray gelding could well be…

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 21d

Have you ever wanted to spend an evening at with us? Now is your opportunity.
To celebrate a new partnership with MyRacehorse, we're having an event on 10/24 that will be filled with music, legends & unforgettable moments!
Tickets 👉https://experiences.myracehorse.com/products/old-friends-farm-event

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 22d

We have some very exciting news - the total amount raised for our HayRaiser is in! Because of your help, we raised $53,740.52 to feed our horses this winter!

If you are a procrastinator we have good news. You can still donate at oldfriendsequine.org/old-friends-...!

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 23d

Before Bellamy Road joined Old Friends 4 years ago, he was a successful G1 winner who went off as the favorite in the 2005 Kentucky Derby before becoming a stallion. Owner Jessica Steinbrenner faithfully supports him and still visits him in Kentucky regularly.

📸 Laura Battles

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 24d

Nine years ago Timothy James was one of 40+ horses found in a neglect case in Mercer County, KY and came to Old Friends. After suffering an injury this summer, TJ is recuperating, thanks to loads of TLC from Rood and Riddle, and waiting for the day he can return to his buddies in Paddock 32.

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 25d

With today’s running of the Maryland Million, we celebrate early Old Friends retirees Awad, a major graded stakes winner who found success early in his career in the 1993 Turf, and Richard’s Lass who claimed victory in the 1992 Oaks.

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 26d

FundRacing update from Lava Man:

Bold And Bossy is showing off the speed that made her famous for running down the freeway as she pulls away from I'll Have Another& Game On Dude to put the mares in front!

Picks sides and donate to the FundRacer here👉 oldfriendsequine.org/wp-content/u...

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 26d

Eight-year resident Bent On Bourbon is one of a trio of retirees from Bourbon Lane Stables and enjoys life with his eight BFFs in Paddock 32. Back before he joined us, he was a stakes winning racehorse as the winner of the G3 Iowa Derby in 2015.

📸 Laura Battles

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Old Friends Farm @oldfriendsfarm.bsky.social · 29d

We had a fun visitor at Ashton Grove recently when former resident Winston stopped by to say hi to everyone!

You can read all about it and see a video of his return in this recent Old Friends' blog 👉https://oldfriendsblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/

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