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| Location | Camden, South Carolina |
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| Inaugurated | 1932 |
| Website | www |
The Carolina Cup is an annual steeplechase horse race held at the Springdale Race Course in Camden, South Carolina.[1] The race holds the National Steeplechase Association attendance record of 71,000 people.[2] The Carolina Cup has raised thousands of dollars for the local Kershaw County Medical Center.[3]
Each year the gates open at 9:00 AM, cadets from the prestigious Camden Military Academy present the colors at 11:45 AM, and the six races begin at 1:00 PM. Each race runs thirty-five minutes apart. General admission is thirty dollars in advance and forty-five dollars at the gates. Suggested attire is typically dresses and sunhats for women and bowties and sport coats for men. Races run regardless of bad weather.
- ^ "Carolina Cup." Carolina Cup. Web. 02 September 2010. <"Carolina Cup". Archived from the original on 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ Squire, Chase. "On Track for Something Big." St. Petersburg Times 9 March 2002: 1B.LexisNexis. Times. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 9 September 2010.
- ^ Zielinski, Graeme. "Gold Cup Officials Keep the Green on the Course; Disagreement Over Donations Threatens Events." The Washington Post [Washington, DC] 14 October 1999: V07. The Washington Post Company. Washington, DC: Washington Post, 2008. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 09 September 2010.