After Brandywine Conservancy announced it would step away from operating the Radnor Hunt Races after 46 years, more than a few racegoers feared last Saturday’s 95th running might also be the last.

Who would take on such a sprawling, complicated event? And could one of the Main Line’s most cherished spring traditions survive the handoff?

Some quietly wondered whether the Races might go the way of the Academy Ball or the Vassar Show House — once beloved institutions faded into memory.

Well, fear not.