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Steeplechase Racing Comes Galloping Back in Pennsylvania
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After a year lost to the pandemic, a new season of races returns reinvented with socially distanced tailgating, private parties and a MASK-querade contest.
Willowdale Steeplechase held the only local race last year, in October rather than May.
After a year lost to COVID-19, there’s really only one goal for the organizers of Willowdale Steeplechase, the Radnor Hunt Races and Point-to-Point at Winterthur: Get back on the horse.
This May, the events resume, rain or shine. In this transitional year, fans can expect fenced-off areas and other measures to ensure that social-distancing protocols are met. In addition to the fancy hats, expect to see masks and other face coverings. Willowdale is rolling out touch-free ticketing and a digital race-day program accessed by a link on a smartphone. Spectator areas on the 145-acre grounds will be reconfigured. “The challenges of the pandemic have forced us