Woodford Reserve unveiled their new Julep Cups for Charity.
One hundred Julep cups go on sale today online and cups number 1-11 are gold plated selling for $2500 each, while 12-100 are silver plated and sell for $1000 each.
Proceeds will go to the project to protect African American Turf History, a non-profit working to tell the history of the Black jockeys who dominated the early history of the Kentucky derbies.
C1 3 to this year through the program.
A total of 100 julep cups go on sale today online... cups numbered 1-11 are gold-plated and sell for $2,500 each... cups 12-100 are silver-plated and sell for $1,000.
The cups will be mailed directly to consumers, along with most of the ingredients to make the popular cherries and cream mint julep.
Proceeds from this year's cup sales benefit the project to protect african- american turf history... which is a non-profit organization, based in kentucky, that has been working for more than a decade to tell the history of the black jockeys.
The woodford reserve $1,000 mint julep charity program is honoring those black jockeys who dominated horse racing in the kentucky derby's early years.
We'll have more news at noon after the break.........but first...........here's
The famous winner's garland contains more than 400 red roses!
THIS YEAR'S WOODFORD RESERVE ONE-THOUSAND DOLLAR MINT JULEP CHARITY PROGRAM HONORS BLACK JOCKEYS WHO DOMINATED HORSE RACING IN ITS..