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Horse racing championships not only raises the pride for the owner, trainer, and jockey of their horses, but also their prestigious trophies. Some of them are Woodlawn Vase for the winner of Preakness Stake, Man o’ War Cup for Travers Stakes, and Annapolis Subscription Plate for Dixie Stakes. These three are known as the oldest trophies in North America.

While Woodlawn Vase and Annapolis Subscription Plate were made of sterling silver, the Man o’ War Cup was made of solid gold. Although no agreement made, all of them have a same basic design which is a goblet. The original trophies already kept held in a museum/ headquarter of race event organizer. Nowadays, the winners got the replica of the trophies with the same or resemblance materials. Man o’ War replica is smaller than the original, Woodlawn Vase replica even has one-third size of the original because of its massive original dimension, and Annapolis replica got a new name called The Dungannon Bowl. With more and more organizer create various racing events, trophy replica manufacturers are common nowadays.