Case study · Gulfstream Park
The Curlin Florida Derby Trophy
The Florida Derby is one of the Grade I races on the road to the Kentucky Derby, run at Gulfstream Park. On 2 April 2022 its winner received a trophy designed by Simón Abraham and made by D’Argenta.
- Client
- Gulfstream Park
- Race
- Curlin Florida Derby
- Presented
- 2 April 2022
- Design
- Simón Abraham, D’Argenta
- Finish
- Silver, with the horse in 24-karat gold
A column, and a horse at full stretch
A racing trophy is photographed in the winner’s circle, with the horse, the jockey, the owners and the trainer all crowding the frame. It has to hold its own in that picture. The design answers with height: a faceted silver column that catches light from every side, and on top a thoroughbred at full gallop in 24-karat gold.
The race name is engraved into the column itself rather than onto a plaque, so the trophy reads as one object from the front of the frame to the back.
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Stakes races, cups, a season’s champion or a breeder’s award: we design the trophy around the race’s own identity, make a prototype for approval, and finish it in silver and gold in time for the day.
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Trophies, awards and gifts, finished by hand in silver, 24-karat gold and copper in Mexico City. A prototype is ready for your review before anything is committed.