Every spring I go to Kentucky to photograph Thoroughbreds of all ages. In this post I’ll share photos I took at Old Friends, a retirement farm in Georgetown, in 2024 and 2025. Click here to read the post about my 2023 visit to the farm.
Multiple graded stakes winning multimillionaire C Z Rocket, 2024.
Breeders’ Cup winner Little Mike and three-time Santa Anita Handicap winner Game On Dude, 2024.
Hall of Famer Lava Man, 2024.
1997 Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold, 2024. Sadly, Touch Gold passed away in 2025.
2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner I’ll Have Another, 2024.
One of Old Friends’ several feline residents, 2024.
Little Silver Charm, 2024. Sadly, Little Silver Charm passed away in 2025.
2004 Belmont and Travers Stakes winner Brimstone and his paddock buddy Photon, 2024.
Hall of Famer Silver Charm, 2024.
Up close and personal with Silver Charm, 2024.
Multiple graded stakes winning multimillionaire Milwaukee Brew, 2024.
Multiple graded stakes winner Daaher, 2024.
Multiple graded stakes winning multimillionaires Red Knight and Channel Maker, 2024.
2012 Travers Stakes co-winner Alpha, 2025.
Little Mike, 2025.
Game On Dude, 2025.
Silver Charm, 2025.
Old Friends cemetery, 2025.
Multiple graded stakes winning millionaire Any Given Saturday, 2025.
2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Big Brown, 2025.
Bold and Bossy, 2025. Bold and Bossy is a mare with an incredible story. In 2021, she dropped her rider at Ellis Park in Kentucky and got loose on a highway for 30 minutes. Then, that night, she survived a barn fire. Her story has made her a fan favorite, and now she wins over new fans at the farm.
Birdstone, 2025
Old Friends founder Michael Bowen gives a treat to Groundshaker, the last runner for Penny Chenery’s Meadow Stable, 2025.
I’ll Have Another, 2025.
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