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welcome tent at Willowdale for more than 15 years. “It’s something our customers really enjoy,” she says. “We realize that this year it will be a little different, but we know it will still be a great event.”
Willowdale also hosted a one-time event this past October. The first Louis “Paddy” Neilson III Apprentice Timber Race was led by the late racing icon’s daughter, Kathy Neilson, herself a gifted trainer.
No spectators were permitted.
At Winterthur, where Point-to-Point
has been a longtime fundraiser for the museum, the focus will be on racing, tailgating and antique autos. In the interest
of safety, ancillary activities like the
parade of carriages and stick races will be stabled until next year. “We’re taking Point-to-Point back to its roots—watching horse racing while having lunch with family on Mr. du Pont’s estate,”
Abbott says.
Instead of a contest for the best-dressed race fan, organizers are planning to focus on an essential pandemic accessory. “The mask is the new hat contest,” says Abbott. “We hope to send a special 2021 Point- to-Point mask with credentials as part
of the tailgate purchase—and to have a MASKquerade contest, with prizes for
wearing the official PTP mask and best PTP-related mask,” Abbott says.
PERSISTENT AND RESILIENT
This year, COVID has upended travel, impacting riders from the United Kingdom and other countries. Up-and-coming competitors from the United States
have taken the reins in filling the void. National Steeplechase Association president Alfred C. Griffin Jr. noted in a letter to
the racing community that 20 amateur/ apprentice riders went to post at NSA
race meets. Some went on to win in open company, which is a good sign for the
“We looked at a plan with “no spectators, which didn’t make sense for us because there’s still a big expense involved in running the races. We’re a fundraiser—we can’t lose money.”
—Radnor Hunt Races’ Kathy Franey Smith
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