September 1, 2009

Camden, SC - Carolina Cup Racing Association is proud to announce that the organization had partnered with McDonald’s to create the McDonald’s Play Place Infield Activities at the Marion DuPont Scott Colonial Cup steeplechase horse races. The Colonial Cup, featuring world-class steeplechase horse races, will be held at historic Springdale Race Course in Camden, South Carolina.

McDonald’s will have the naming rights to the Infield activities. The McDonald’s Play Place Infield Activities will feature: Jack Russell Terrier Trials, wagon rides, a carousel, and a McDonald’s Coloring Wall mural. The Carolina Cup Racing Association is excited to have its premier steeplechase events combine with McDonald’s to bring enhanced and fun filled activities to horse racing fans and families in the Southeast.

George Sensor, owner/operator of several local McDonald’s stores said, “This is a unique opportunity for McDonald’s to participate in an event that appeals to children and their parents in a family atmosphere. There’s noting quite like an exciting horse race and we are very pleased to be able to offer the added attraction of activities for children. It is what McDonald’s is all about.”

The 1970 inaugural Marion DuPont Scott Colonial Cup, was the first six-figure steeplechase race run in the United States and at that time, the richest steeplechase in the world. Celebrating forty years in 2009, The Marion du Pont Scott Colonial Cup is highlighted by it feature race, the $100,000 Colonial Cup, which continues to draw the best steeplechase horses in the country. Winners of the fall classic read like a “Who’s Who” in American steeplechasing. The Colonial Cup is truly ‘Where Winners Become Champions”.

“The Marion du Pont Scott Colonial Cup is one of the most important race-meetings on the national steeplechase circuit, and we are honored to have McDonald’s participation at our event. The enhancement of our McDonald’s Play Place Infield Activities will add value to our event by offering spectators a better overall experience to an already wonderful day spent in the South Carolina countryside. ”, says Wendy Kingsley, Director of Marketing for the Carolina Cup Racing Association.

Contact: Pam Mosier – ccramedia@carolina-cup.org
Website: colonialcupraces.com