Carolina Cup

Carolina Cup
Location	Camden, South Carolina
Inaugurated	1932
Website	www.carolinacup.org

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.

[1] "Carolina Cup." Carolina Cup. Web. 02 September 2010. <"Carolina Cup". Archived from the original on 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2010-09-21.

[2] Squire, Chase. "On Track for Something Big." St. Petersburg Times 9 March 2002: 1B.LexisNexis. Times. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 9 September 2010.

[3] 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.

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