It’s Bowen Turf Club’s biggest race of the season this Saturday: the famed “Race That Stops The Whitsundays”.
The Bowen Cup, which has regularly hosted more than three thousand attendees annually, will gallop its way to Ben Bolt Park on Saturday, October 8.
One of the region’s biggest social events of the year will host five local races, complete with TAB and on-track bookmakers, a licenced bar, food vendors, and everyone’s favourite: Fashion on the Field.
Ladies (and gentlemen) will be out in their Saturday best for a race-day that’s promising to be one of the club’s finest.
Fashion on the Field will this year be run by Filby’s Motors, where there’s already been a great deal of interest from local ladies.
For those looking for a way to and from the races, The Grand View Hotel will run their free, authorised local courtesy bus, dropping off and picking up patrons at the main gate every half an hour.
From 11:00am at the Grand View Hotel, two buses will be leaving regularly, as well as taking patrons from the main gate back to town to continue the celebrations at the Grand View at the official afterparty.
Live music, courtesy of The Feels 4-piece band, begins at 8.00pm, in a perfect way to spend your race day evening.
The Feels will delve into their repertoire of feel-good songs, ranging from pub classics, soul and funk, and reggae all night long.
