Woodford Reserve, the Presenting Sponsor of the Kentucky Derby, is honoring “The Most Thrilling Two Minutes in Sports activities” with the discharge of its 2025 commemorative Derby bottle.
This 12 months’s bottle options the paintings of artist Humberto Lahera, identified for his photorealistic work that mix classical strategies with modern influences. His portray, “Carrera Dinamica,” which interprets to “Dynamic Race,” captures the vitality of the Kentucky Derby with vivid colours, expressive brushstrokes, and fluid movement, reflecting the spirit of the race, the corporate says. A local of Cuba, Lahera now resides in Louisville, Ky.
The producer’s recommended retail value for the 1-liter bottle is $49.99 and is out there for buy globally. The bottle is out there for buy on ReserveBar and is on the market at Woodford Reserve Distillery and within the Woodford Reserve on-line retailer.
“Humberto’s capability to mix wealthy colours and motion completely captures the joy and custom of the Kentucky Derby,” stated Woodford Reserve Grasp Distiller Elizabeth McCall in an announcement. “As a Cuban-born artist now calling Kentucky house, his work brings a singular perspective to this celebrated second.”
Rising up in Holguin, Cuba, Lahera was acknowledged for his expertise from a younger age as he was certainly one of solely eight college students admitted to Cuba’s prestigious El Alba Academy of Nice Arts, the place he graduated Cum Laude and later turned a professor. All through his profession, Lahera has labored as an artwork professor, antiques restorer and inside designer by his personal firm, Lahera. Since relocating to america in 2022, he has gained recognition in Kentucky’s artwork scene.
“Being chosen because the artist for this 12 months’s Derby bottle is an unimaginable honor,” Lahera stated. “My work is deeply influenced by my Cuban heritage and my journey as an artist in Kentucky. For this design, I needed to seize the exhilarating movement of the race and the magnificence of the horses.”
Woodford Reserve’s Derby bottle has been an annual collector’s merchandise anticipated by bourbon and racing followers since 1999.
