NEWS
Retirement facility loses its oldest friend
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2009 5:26 PM
NARROW ESCAPE
Photo courtesy of Old Friends
Narrow Escape, the first Thoroughbred pensioned at Old Friends retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky, was euthanized on Saturday because of complications from colic and old age.
The 26-year-old Exceller mare out of Gantlette (Ire), by Run the Gantlet, was a three-time winner from 21 starts. She joined Old Friends in 2004 after she was listed as reserve not attained on final bid of $1,000 at the ’04 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale.
Owner Barbara Frank donated Narrow Escape to Old Friends.
“She was just a wonderful mare,” said Michael Blowen, president and founder of Old Friends. “And this loss is very hard. She was the grand dame of our farm, and with a name like Narrow Escape, it was inevitable that she should end up here.”
A memorial service for Narrow Escape will be announced at a later date. For more information, contact the farm at 502-863-1775.
