The $1,000 Mint Julep
The Kentucky Derby just
got a bit fancier. A $1,000
mint julep will be offered at this year's race at Churchill Downs on May
6. The $1,000 cocktail will be made of Woodford Reserve bourbon, mint
from Morroco, ice from the Arctic Circle and sugar from the South Pacific and will be served in a gold-plated cup with
a silver straw. The drink will go to the first 50 people willing to pay and the proceeds will raise money for Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation which provides homes for former race
horses. If there was ever a place to sell such a drink, this would be it. The company usually sells about 90,000 mint
juleps during the event.
