At $200,000 per “date,” The New York Times says today, the Triple Crown-winner’s earning owners Ashford Stud up to $600,000 a day — a $30 million annual haul — over the course of the five-month breeding season. The story is by long-time racing writer Joe Drape, whose book about the horse was published late last month; that’s the cover, left.
Related: Pharaoh has more than 90 mares in foal — a rate exceeding one per day, according to The Courier-Journal.
21c Museum Hotel co-owner Steve Wilson took The Courier-Journal on an inside-the-hotel tour of where Vanity Fair magazine will hold its first Derby party, Friday night. But unlike other Derby events (we’re looking at you, Barnstable-Brown), the upmarket glossy famous for its Oscar party won’t be disclosing the guest list.
Still, everyone else can watch guests arrive on the black (yes) carpet, starting at 8 p.m. (Side note: Wilson says he’s dreaming of opening a 21c in Havana, now that the U.S. is moving toward normalizing relations.) Here’s the CJ story, and a tour video.
Top: That’s comedienne Amy Schumer on the cover of the magazine’s May issue.
Smokin’ hot “Chicago Fire” actor Taylor Kinney, Fox News journalist Megyn Kelly — who’s gone toe-to-toe with White House aspirant Donald Trump — plus “Arrow” star Stephen Amell are among the dozens of celebrities expected at the annual Barnstable-Brown Party on Derby Eve. The event, now in its 29th year, has raised and donated about $11.2 million to the Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research Center at the University of Kentucky over the past nine years (CJ). Tickets for the black-tie May 6 party at the Barnstable home in the Highlands are $1,075 per person. The full guest list so far, according to WDRB. The party is a production of Diamond Derby Inc., a non-profit that makes its annual IRS tax return public under federal law; here’s the one for 2014.
Related: 12 Emily Post-approved rules for dinner parties, according to Vanity Fair, which is hosting its own Derby party this year for the first time (CJ).
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