Champion Thoroughbred Charismatic Dies at 21
The image is seared in the minds of Thoroughbred racing fans. It's the end of the 1999 Belmont Stakes and as Charismatic's Triple Crown hopes fade to a third-place ending,...
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Life Abundant at Old Friends
It is difficult to tell the claimers from the Derby champions as they press against their paddock fences hoping to seduce the passing tour into parting with just a few...
Read Laura Hillenbrand’s Beautiful Eulogy to Her “Sweet Gulch”
Champion thoroughbred and prominent stallion Gulch passed away Sunday at his home at Old Friends Farm in Georgetown, KY. At age 32, Gulch was the oldest living Breeders’ Cup champion,...
The Mysterious War Emblem Returns Home to Happy Retirement
War Emblem, the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, is back on American soil after a nearly 13 year run as a stallion in Japan. Once he clears quarantine, War...
Hero of the Horse: Michael Blowen and Old Friends
“When I was younger I’m not sure that I really had a plan in mind for retirement, but I can tell you, this definitely would never have been it.” It’s...
