OLD FRIENDS FARM FUNDRAISER - HONORING EDGAR PRADO - SARAVA AND BIRDSTONE

About this campaign

Old Friends: Where Grade 1 winners and claimers unite! Buying a shirt will help support our herd of over 200 retired thoroughbreds! AND you get a cool shirt.

Old Friends provides life long care and safe haven to Thoroughbreds whose racing and breeding careers have come to an end. By promoting these one-time celebrated horses through a campaign of education and tourism, we hope to raise awareness of all equines in need. Old Friends cares for more than 250 horses, many of them luminaries of the turf. A “living history museum of horse racing”, the farm attracts over 22,000 visitors annually that get up close and personal with such superstars as 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm, three-time Santa Anita Handicap victor Game On Dude, and Belmont Stakes winners Sarava, Birdstone and Touch Gold.

And while such rock stars draw crowds, the revenue they raise supports hard-knockers like Mikethespike who toiled for 10 years and made 125 starts before injuries ended his career. Every horse at Old Friends has a story to tell, and visitors to the farm can hear them all as the farm is open daily for guided tours. Our guests come to visit a few ex-racehorses, but they often leave having been touched by the heart of a Thoroughbred hero. https://www.oldfriendsequine.org