Now with Facebook and other social media the communications process is much improved. We can “friend” old friends on Facebook or send them a private message with our phone number and email address.

The gelding is the fourth winner of Kentucky Downs' Old Friends Stakes to retire to the farm in Georgetown, Ky.

For anyone that has had an old friend welcome their way back into your life and leave you confused and bewildered as to why they left in the first place, this one's for you. Friends come and go ...