It will be a big day when the Invercargill Harness Racing Club holds its Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup Day at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill, on Saturday.

Top class racing, Ladies Fashion In The Field, and the opportunity to win $1000 to spend on the Cup plus a trip for seven nights to the Peninsular Beachfront Resort in Mooloolaba are all part of the day.

The Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup, the regions first ever Group 1 race, is Race 7 on the programme timed to start at 7.29pm.

The Cup winner will take home part of the regions’ biggest ever stake of $100,000 but there will be plenty of other winners on track and around the track on Saturday.

Entries for Ladies Fashion In The Field are open until Race 3 with some great prizes up for grabs, including hundreds of dollars worth of jewellery vouchers and GM Mumm Champagne.

There will also be prizes for losing punters, include the seven night’s accommodation at the Peninsular Beachfront Resort in Mooloolaba, with a draw from losing tote tickets / race book coupons (put your name and phone number on the back and drop it in the labelled buckets around the course), plus other spot prizes.

There will also be labelled buckets around the course for punters to drop any losing tote tickets (with your name and phone number on the back) or the coupon in your race book into those buckets and we will make two draws throughout the day.

The race meeting is a twilight event, ideal to attend even for those who work on a Saturday. There are ten races, the first at 4.19pm and the last at 8.49pm and admission is free.