It's less than 100 days until the 150th Kentucky Derby, and now we're getting a look at the winner's trophy. It was unveiled on Tuesday at Churchill Downs. The trophy was hand-crafted from 14-karat solid yellow gold and green gold over a period of more than six months by silversmiths of S.R. Blackinton in Smithfield, Rhode Island. In line with previous special anniversaries, this year's trophy has unique jeweled embellishments to commemorate the 150th anniversary, which includes nearly 200 rubies, more than 100 emeralds, and it also includes diamonds. Susanne Blackinton-Juaire and her daughter Skyla Blackinton are key current members of the team that has crafted the Kentucky Derby trophy almost every year since 1975.Blackinton says they wanted to honor past special anniversary designs while creating something new."We definitely wanted to emulate what the 125th looked like, but we wanted to take an extra step," she said. "So we wanted it to be like extra grand like we did with the emeralds and what not."The trophy is also topped by a 14-karat gold horse and rider, as well as a 14-karat gold horseshoe.As the tradition goes, the horseshoe is pointed upward because 맥스카지노luck will run out of a horseshoe맥스카지노 that맥스카지노s pointed downward. Kentucky Derby 150 is on May 4.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's less than 100 days until the 150th Kentucky Derby, and now we're getting a look at the winner's trophy.
It was unveiled on Tuesday at Churchill Downs.
The trophy was hand-crafted from 14-karat solid yellow gold and green gold over a period of more than six months by silversmiths of S.R. Blackinton in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
In line with previous special anniversaries, this year's trophy has unique jeweled embellishments to commemorate the 150th anniversary, which includes nearly 200 rubies, more than 100 emeralds, and it also includes diamonds.
Susanne Blackinton-Juaire and her daughter Skyla Blackinton are key current members of the team that has crafted the Kentucky Derby trophy almost every year since 1975.
Blackinton says they wanted to honor past special anniversary designs while creating something new.
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"We definitely wanted to emulate what the 125th looked like, but we wanted to take an extra step," she said. "So we wanted it to be like extra grand like we did with the emeralds and what not."
The trophy is also topped by a 14-karat gold horse and rider, as well as a 14-karat gold horseshoe.
As the tradition goes, the horseshoe is pointed upward because 맥스카지노luck will run out of a horseshoe맥스카지노 that맥스카지노s pointed downward.
Kentucky Derby 150 is on May 4.