The Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s annual Bluff Race Day takes place at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on the Monday of Kings Birthday Weekend, 2 June.

The feature races of the day are the South Port NZ Ltd Bluff Cup which will be run over a distance of 2700 metres for a stake of $15,000 plus two heats of the Diamond Creek Farm/SBSR Silk Road Southern Winter Series, one for trotters and the other for 4-year-old & older R60 mares.

Most races on the programme are supported by Bluff based businesses or businesses with close links to the port town including Awarua Synergy, Barnes Wild Bluff Oysters, Southland Farm Services, Hyde Landscaping, United Fisheries, KB & Associates Accountants and the Mountfort Fishing Company plus the Northern Southland Trotting Club.

The first race is scheduled for 11.30am and the last at 4.19pm. Admission is free.