# O Philadelphians:  Tell me of the Radnor Hunt

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-philadelphians-tell-me-of-the-radnor-hunt/683131 "2014-03-07T17:49:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-philadelphians-tell-me-of-the-radnor-hunt/683131/1 "2014-03-07T17:49:01Z")

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[https://www.radnorhuntraces.org/Content/Home](https://www.radnorhuntraces.org/Content/Home)

A time-honored Steeplechase event - and apparently a bit of a big deal.

I may be going as part of a company event. What can I expect? I’ve been told khaki’s, a button-down and blazer are standard…

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-philadelphians-tell-me-of-the-radnor-hunt/683131/2 "2014-03-07T22:00:39Z")

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Oh, I thought maybe you were going to hunt with the Radnor! I long to have the talent and experience to hunt. We have three active packs around here in Middle Tennessee, and it’s always been a bucket-list kind of thing. I actually think my TB gelding would probably be a good field hunter - he’s very level-headed for a TB.

As for the steeplechase, around here if you were going as a corporate deal, preppy dress should do you. [Here are images of folks at the Iroquois.](https://www.google.com/search?q=iroquois+steeplechase&client=firefox-a&hs=onj&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=NEEaU_LBHIj4rAHH_YGIAg&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1159&bih=730) People on the sidelines are more casual, but the group gatherings and the rich dress more formally.

StG

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-philadelphians-tell-me-of-the-radnor-hunt/683131/3 "2014-03-08T14:13:29Z")

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Me? Doing a “hunt”?! O, man, you have no idea how hilarious you would find that if you knew me IRL 😉 😃

I know nothing about this stuff and have no experience with hoidy-toidy events like this. There will be “tailgate” areas there, but I suspect it will not be like the NFL equivalent, nor like NASCAR, with folks trying to get girls to lift their tops…at least I hope not. I can’t handle crowds like that.