The Winston-Salem Journal announced on this date that a Tanglewood Hunt Racing Committee has been formed for the Steeplechase races that will take place on April 27th, 1963, at Tanglewood Park. This date marked the first Tanglewood Park Steeplechase event, and this event was repeated in 1964. After a five-year layoff, the event returned to Tanglewood Park in 1970.
In the first several years of the event, it was a social occasion for families. Spectators packed picnic lunches into the family station wagon, and spent the day cheering on the horses and riders, while enjoying being outside in the spring weather.
Photo courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.
