Vicepost » Racing http://vicepost.com All the good things in life Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Woodford Reserve Derby Bottle And Sweepstakes http://vicepost.com/2009/04/14/woodford-reserve-derby-bottle-and-sweepstakes/ http://vicepost.com/2009/04/14/woodford-reserve-derby-bottle-and-sweepstakes/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:00:36 +0000 Ghostshark http://vicepost.com/?p=2103

Woodford Reserve has been the Official Bourbon of the Kentucky Derby for the past eleven years, and has created a special bottle for the 2009 event. The limited edition bottle features artwork by retired jockey Tom Chapman.

Chapman’s vibrant, colorful image captures the excitement and intensity of the Kentucky Derby as two jockeys in brightly-colored silks concentrate on the race with the historic Twin Spires of Churchill Downs in the background. The artist’s signature adorns the neck band of the bottle, and an attached tag bears information about the artist and product. The limited edition liter-size bottle will be available beginning in early April throughout the nation in 38 states.

The bottles are going for around $45.

Woodford Reserve is also holding a sweepstakes to send you and a guest to London, England to attend the Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse.

The Grand prize includes roundtrip coach airfare for two to London, England where the winner and guest will attend the Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse (black tie – tails and topcoat required) on June 6, 2009. The winner will also receive $1,000 for race attire (For men, a tuxedo and top hat are required.), $800 spending money, and a 4 days – 3 night stay at a London hotel.

You can enter the contest at the Woodford Reserve site HERE.

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The event is held at the New Jersey Motorsports Park near Atlantic City, and the scheduled dates are August 26, 27, Sept 9 and 10, and Oct 7 and 8. The basic entry fee is $4,990 for the Track Package, which includes tuition from pro drivers in the Rolex Grand-Am series, catered meals brought to you trackside, an in-car DVD of your day and a post-event champagne celebration. The Luxury Package ($5,690) adds area hotel accommodations and all ground transportation back and forth from the track.

You can find out more details on the events at the Supercar Life site HERE.

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The CHANT partnership, named for the 1894 Kentucky Derby winner, will be looking for a high-level claiming horse to run on the New York circuit (Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga).  Depending on the amount of capital raised, we’ll be looking for a horse in the price range of $35,000 to $65,000, with the aim of getting a horse that can be competitive not just in the claiming ranks, but also in allowances and overnight stakes races – or even more, one never knows.

The new partnership will seek to build on our recent claiming success stories, such as Diligent Gambler and Fighting Speedy.  Diligent Gambler was claimed as a three-year-old at Saratoga in 2004 for $35,000, and  won six races for us and over $230,000 before he was claimed away earlier this year.  Fighting Speedy , a NY-bred filly, was claimed for $30,000 in 2005 and won four races and over $200,000 for us before she was claimed away last year.  She was also stakes-placed twice in Castle Village Farm silks.
Like Diligent Gambler and Fighting Speedy, our new claim will be trained by Leah Gyarmati.  Leah is based at Belmont and has had considerable success with claiming horses. She knows how to manage the aches and pains that most claimers have, and she’s patient enough to get the best out of her horses.

The new partnership will be capitalized somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000, so a full share of $2,000 will represent between 2% and 4%, depending on the amount actually raised.

The good thing about this is that you can buy in for the minimum, up to as many shares as you want. You can head over to the website HERE to look around, and see some of their past success.  

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