"HATS OFF TO THE HORSES" of OLD FRIENDS
A Derby Hat fundraiser sponsored by MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS®
The twelfth consecutive “Hats Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby” fundraiser sponsored by MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS® for Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in KY features a very special hat up for bid in February that honors Slew’s Brew, a 9-year-old New York-bred great grandson of Seattle Slew on both sides of his pedigree! … Read more
The twelfth consecutive “Hats Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby” fundraiser sponsored by MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS® for Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in KY has kicked off its 2021 season with a very special hat up for bid that honors Afleet Accompli! And this season we are especially delighted to have Gulfstream Park … Read more
For the eleventh consecutive year MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS® and Old Friends have been teaming up for a unique online shopping experience called “Hats Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby”! This year our Derby hat fundraiser began on January 1st and will come to a close on April 11th. An annual event, “Hats … Read more
The eighth consecutive “Hats Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby” fundraiser for Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in KY has kicked off its March auction with a very special hat up for bid that honors a horse racing celebrity, Zippy Chippy! Described as “the most famous maiden in American horse racing history”, this … Read more
For the eighth consecutive year, Old Friends and MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS® are teaming up for our “Hats Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby” hat auction series that benefits the retired racehorses of Dream Chase Farm. This month we are featuring the “Little Mike” chapeau. This one-of-a-kind couture Derby hat created by MAGGIE … Read more
Creating a hat to honor a living Thoroughbred athlete is not as easy as it may sound. Yet for six months out of the year this is my challenge and privilege as I create chapeaux to honor six amazing horses of Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in Kentucky during our “Hats Off to the Horses” Derby … Read more
The year was 2011 and I was beginning a new hat line honoring famous racehorses. One of the hats, a wide brimmed “chestnut” Derby chapeau with green and white trims, was created to celebrate 1980 Kentucky Derby winner, Genuine Risk, who with a glorious burst of speed raced past the boys and into the history … Read more