Nearly 500 trainers apply to TB Makeover show
The Retired Racehorse Project announced today the results of a four-week effort to recruit experienced horse trainers for the 2016 Thoroughbred Makeover. The event requires each trainer to acquire a Thoroughbred that raced or had a published work after October 1, 2014 and had no second career training before this year. Trainers will ship to the Kentucky Horse Park on the last weekend of October to compete in ten equestrian disciplines for $100,000 in prize money and the title of America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred. Here are some statistics about who entered. Some 488 trainers applied. And, 253 of those hope to […]
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Fasig-Tipton gives $50K to rebuild at Old Friends
GEORGETOWN, KY – Old Friends founder and President Michael Blowen announced today that Fasig-Tipton, through its subsidiary Blue Horse Charities, has donated $50,000 toward the cost of rebuilding a barn destroyed in a fast-moving fire. The horse charity’s “hospital barn” burned to the ground last weekend after the roof caught fire. Two horses, Alphabet Soup and Archie’s Echo, were evacuated minutes before the structure became fully engulfed. No horses or people were injured in the blaze. Soon after the conflagration, Old Friends began fundraising to build a state-of-the-art, fireproof structure. Today Blowen excitedly announced that with the Fasig-Tipton/Blue Horse Charities […]
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Breeders’ Cup champion Gulch dies at 32
GEORGETOWN, Ky.— It was with a heavy heart that Michael Blowen, founder and President of Old Friends, announced the passing of Gulch. The 1988 Breeders’ Cup Sprint Champion and Eclipse Award winner was euthanized Jan. 17 due to complications from cancer. At 32, Gulch was the oldest living Breeders’ Cup Champion. A son of Mr. Prospector out of the Rambunctious mare Jameela, Gulch has been a resident of the Thoroughbred Retirement Center based in Georgetown, KY, since 2009 and was one of the farm’s of flagship stallions attracting visitors and fans from all around the country. As both a runner and a sire, […]
