http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/tags/Peter+Blair/default.aspxTags: Peter BlairenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/2008/05/01/World_2700_s-Most-Expensive-Mint-Julep-Cup.aspxThu, 01 May 2008 13:26:00 GMTb1464f20-99eb-45e5-b651-41da03ecff36:2816cdawahare0<P>By <SPAN><A title="Posts by Peter Blair" href="http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/author/pblair/">Peter Blair</A>, NYTimes.com</SPAN><BR><BR>If you watched the Kentucky Derby <A href="http://tcm.bloodhorse.com/article/44966.htm">post position draw</A> Wednesday on ESPN2, perhaps you caught a glimpse of the internationally famous sports artist LeRoy Neiman — <A href="http://www.neimanoriginals.com/images/leroy.jpg">how could you miss his mustache?</A> — scribbling away in the crowd.</P> <P>Neiman’s artwork will be an important part of Derby day.</P> <P>To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Secretariat’s victory in Kentucky Derby 99, Woodford Reserve is selling <A href="http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?story=35044">“the world’s most expensive mint julep cup”</A> (99 of them, in fact), containing Neiman’s artwork, precious jewels and 24-karat-gold plating. Yours for only $1,000 (a relative bargain when you include the oak box lined with a replica of Secretariat’s silks and learn that the proceeds will benefit <A href="http://www.secretariat.com/Foundation/">The Secretariat Foundation</A>).<BR><BR><A class="" href="http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/worlds-most-expensive-mint-julep-cup/" target=_blank mce_href="http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/worlds-most-expensive-mint-julep-cup/">Read more...</A></P><img src="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2816" width="1" height="1">Kentucky DerbyNY TimesPeter BlairSecretariatThe Secretariat Foundation