Bacardi signs on as official sponsor for Preakness Stakes
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Bacardi is a family-controlled spirits company, best known as a producer of rums, including Bacardi Superior and Bacardi 151. The company sells in excess of 200 million bottles per year in nearly 100 countries. For sponsorship, community relations, and donation requests in the United States, please visit <a href="http://www.bacardiusa.com/lda_us.aspx?ReturnUrl=/home/community_sponsorship.aspx">Community Giving</a> at Bacardi USA. Please send an email to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> for sponsorship, brand marketing and community relations requests in the United Kingdom.
About Property:
The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121lb . It is the second leg of the US Triple Crown, with the Kentucky Derby preceding it and the Belmont Stakes following it. The horse must win all three races to win the Triple Crown.