Kentucky Senator Bourbon has debuted its new Thoroughbred Legacy Series with an inaugural private single-barrel release honoring D.J. Stable’s champion filly Nitrogen. The 113-proof bourbon was selected and bottled by Potter Jane Distilling Company of Springfield, Kentucky, and commemorates the filly favored for the $2 million (£1.5m) Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff on October 31 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington.
The series toasts Kentucky’s two iconic industries: horses and bourbon.
“Nitrogen’s name says it all,” said Andre Regard, the equine attorney who co-founded Kentucky Senator Spirits with then-Kentucky Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer. “Even in her early training, Hall of Famer Mark Casse said that the filly ‘breathes different air’, hence her name. She’s the perfect horse to kick off our Thoroughbred Legacy Series.”
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Nitrogen has recorded nine victories over seven tracks in 18 career starts, with earnings exceeding $3 million (£2.3m) while competing on dirt, turf and in the mud. The four-year-old most recently won the Grade 2 Beldame at New York’s recreated Belmont Park on September 25.
The 113-proof figure references her highest career Beyer speed figure when the release was produced. Her picture is displayed on the front of the bottle, with D.J. Stable’s maroon silks with white diamonds featured on the back.
“We may never have another horse like Nitrogen,” said Jon Green, D.J. Stable’s general manager, who owns the operation with his father, Len. “Having a Nitrogen Legacy Series bourbon is one way to continue to celebrate and toast her for years to come.”
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READ THE STORYGreen added: “We’re honored to have Nitrogen as the first Legacy release.”
The Nitrogen release has been aged for nine years, which the brand regards as a sweet spot for maturity and oak influence. Future Legacy bourbons will be aged for a minimum of six years, with each distilled, aged and bottled in Kentucky. The bottles are not for sale to the public.
“The Legacy Series is ideal for promoting a cherished horse or equine operation, creating one-of-a-kind gifts for family, friends, partners or clients,” said Thayer, now a horse-racing adviser and member of the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame.
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