The Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers' Club has selected Frank Taylor of Taylor Made Farm as their 2023 Ted Bates Farm Manager of the Year. September 12, 2023; ...

Founder of retirement thoroughbred farm in Kentucky announces he's handing over reins to successor Michael Blowen prepares to take Rich in Dallas out of his stall on Afton farm near Midway, Ky ...

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — A thoroughbred retirement farm in Kentucky says it will raise admission prices for public farm tours. Officials at Old Friends farm say that beginning July 1, the cost of daily ...

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — A popular thoroughbred retirement farm in Kentucky is reaching out to its supporters through virtual farm tours that showcase its equine retirees. Old Friends offered its first ...

With Thoroughbred breeding season hitting its stride and broodmares foaling, horse farms can’t hit pause. So Kentucky’s state vet issued new guidelines to protect farm workers from COVID-19.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Three prominent Kentucky horse farms challenged a rule Tuesday aimed at limiting the number of mares that a thoroughbred stallion breeds each year, calling it an ...

Michael Blowen, left, founder of Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., introduces Little Silver Charm, the farm’s resident miniature horse to Winston, right, a miniature ...

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Michael Blowen's love for horses stretched far beyond the racetrack and spurred him into starting a mid-life career as founder of a retirement farm in Kentucky, where ...

Two decades ago, Michael Blowen’s love for horses spurred him into a mid-life career as founder of a retirement horse farm in Kentucky.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Michael Blowen’s love for horses stretched far beyond the racetrack and spurred him into starting a mid-life career as founder of a retirement farm in Kentucky, where older ...

Michael Blowen greets 1997 Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm, Wednesday at Old Friends farm at Georgetown, Ky. Blowen announced that he's stepping down as president of the thoroughbred retirement ...