The news that Old Friends has earned a 2015 Eclipse Award was met with understandable euphoria. The recognition by our fellow professionals in horse racing is something that everyone connected with Old Friends...from our visitors to our staff and volunteers to our top donors to the fifth grade class at Western Elementary in Georgetown..can all take a certain measure of pride. The arrivals of Game on Dude, Amazombie and Silver Charm (our Triple Crown) is a measure of how we've grown in terms of population and respect from the sport.


We're looking forward to 2015 with grounded optimism. Diane and I will be at Gulfstream Park on Dec.16 to accept the ThoroFan Award at their annual brunch, and, the following night, to express our gratitude at the Eclipse Awards. We humbly accept both as representatives of Old Friends because it's Old Friends that earned them both.