GEORGETOWN, KY – NOVEMBER 18, 2009 – Michael Blowen, founder and president of Old Friends, is pleased to announce the opening of his organization’s first satellite facility for retired Thoroughbreds. Cabin Creek, a 40-acre farm just outside Saratoga in Greenfield Center, NY, will begin receiving horses immediately. An official opening and celebration is planned for July 22, 2010.
This premiere auxiliary space will be named in honor of trainer Bobby Frankel, who passed away earlier this week after a battle with leukemia. A native New Yorker, Frankel was a long supporter of the Old Friends mission and earned many of his greatest victories at New York racetracks. The farm will formally be known as “Old Friends at Cabin Creek: The Bobby Frankel Division.”
Owned by Joann and Mark Pepper, Cabin Creek features 12 stalls, two round pens, five finished paddocks, and has raw space available for development and growth. The first resident, Moonshadow Gold – a 10-year-old New York-bred gelding acquired through the efforts of several equine-welfare advocates – will arrive later this week. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8934
Tags: Equine Protection, ex-racehorse, Horse Care, Old Friends
November 20, 2009