Arby’s Releases Beyoncé-Inspired Chardonneigh’s Horsey Sauce

Ten days before Beyoncé released her eighth album, the Americana-inspired “Cowboy Carter,” the Houston-born mega icon revealed the record’s cover on Instagram. “I focused on this album as a continuation of [my previous record] Renaissance,” she wrote. “I hope this music is an experience, creating another journey where you can close your eyes, start from the beginning and never stop.” 

Like “Renaissance” before it, the artwork for “Cowboy Carter” shows Beyonce riding a horse. And the Bey Hive nicknamed the previous horse “Reneigh”  — a combination of the album title and…well, you get it — but it already had a name. 

“For those of you asking, the horse featured is named Chardonneigh,” Justina Omokhua, senior vice president at the Beyoncé-founded production and management company Parkwood Entertainment, shared in her own Instagram story. 

It was only a matter of time before someone, ahem, took Chardonneigh’s reins and ran with them, and that’s where Arby’s comes in. The Georgia-based sandwich chain is commemorating this weekend’s Kentucky Derby by releasing a limited-edition sauce inspired by “everyone’s favorite horse this year.” 

Starting on Thursday, May 2, fans of “Cowboy Carter,” Arby’s, or both can buy a bottle of Arby’s Horsey Sauce, which is infused with Chardonnay wine. 

The exclusive Chardonneigh’s Horsey Sauce is packaged in a frosted glass wine bottle and its packaging has the silhouette of a “majestic horse in mid-gallop.” It sells for $16 per bottle and will be available for purchase exclusively at arbys.com/chardonneigh. 

You don’t have to be a member of Arby’s Rewards, the brand’s loyalty program, to buy Chardonneigh’s Horsey Sauce, but signing up for it will give you 25% off your next meal order. Members are also eligible for additional perks: In April, the chain offered its Rewards members one free sandwich every week for the entire month. 

“We’re so confident that our sandwiches will turn even the biggest Arby’s disbeliever into a fan that we’re willing to give them four free trials throughout the month of April,” Ellen Rose, Arby’s chief marketing officer, said at the time. 

The only downside to Chardonneigh’s Horsey Sauce release is that you won’t have it in time to take to any Kentucky Derby parties on Saturday. The racehorses Sierra Leone and Fierceness might be the favorites to win the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports, but they aren’t the ones who inspired a special Arby’s sauce.

Can’t win them all, fellas.