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. (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 ...

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 ...

Nashua, a great winning horse, runs in a stud paddock at the Spendthrift Farm. (Photo by Jerry Cooke/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Three prominent Kentucky horse ...

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 ...

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. (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE - Michael Blowen prepares to take Rich in Dallas out of his stall on Afton farm near Midway, Ky., April 6, 2004. Blowen's love for horses stretched far beyond the racetrack and spurred him ...