LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society

LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society will host an Open House Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their farm in Hillsburgh, Ontario. The public will have access to the 100-acre property and will be able to meet many of the farm's 40 residents, including Canadian Horse of the Year Pink Lloyd, champions Fifty Proof, Riker, Rahy's Attorney, Rare Friends and millionaire Something Extra among others. Demonstrations and merchandise sales and a prize draw are also part of the day's festivities. A donation of $10 per person is suggested....

LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society is holding an online auction for Canadian champion Pink Lloyd's bridle. All proceeds benefit LongRun and its residents, including the recently retired Pink Lloyd. The auction starts Dec. 12 at 12:01 p.m. and ends Dec. 16 at 11 p.m.

In the all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end department, the venerable 9-year-old Ontario-bred Pink Lloyd (Old Forester) will make his final career start in Saturday's GII Kennedy Road S. at Woodbine, trainer Bob Tiller has announced. "He's getting old, like me," Tiller said. "What does he have to prove? I just don't want to put him out there against the very best anymore. He deserves to be retired. He was never going to go out there and run in $20,000 claimers. The decision has been made and we will stick to it. It's been a...