Amy Hume
FASHIONS on the Field at the Sportingbet Kilmore Turf Cup will be part of something much bigger this year.
The fashion forward will have the opportunity to vie for a place in the Country Racing Victoria competition to find the country’s best dressed racegoer.
Kilmore is one of 60 country cups around Victoria to host the competition, where one lucky entrant will win a trip to Hong Kong and will become the face of the 2011-2012 season.
The national competition will be judged by fashion professor and former L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival creative director Karen Webster, L’Oreal Professional events and artistic director Mark Thompson, Decjuba MD Tania Austin, milliner Kerrie Stanley and Nine Network personality Lauren Phillips.
Entering is as easy as participating in the Sportingbet Kilmore Turf Cup Fashions on the Fields.
The winner of the Best Dressed Lady will have the opportunity to enter the Country Racing Victoria competition.
This year’s event is sponsored by Excessories in Kilmore and there is even a category for the young racegoer.
Categories include: Best Dressed Lady (18 years and above), Best Dressed Novice, for (11 – 17 years), Best Dressed Child (10 years and under), Best Dressed Couple and Best Hat.
You can vote
Throughout the competition, punters can vote online at <www.countryracing.com.au> for their favourite finalist in the People’s Choice Award, while the official judging panel will select their preferred finalist.
Country Racing Victoria announced the spring winner of Country’s Best Dressed Racegoer at Werribee’s Christmas race day on Saturday, December 4.
Breanne Fanning from Newborough was the overall winner while Annalese Palmer from Rochester was crowned the winner of the People’s Choice Award.
The Sportingbet Kilmore Turf Cup will be held at the Kilmore Race Course on Sunday, February 27 from 11am.
There will be a host of children’s entertainment including free rides, jumping castles and a chair-o-plane.
Racegoers will also have the opportunity to jive away to local band, Sterotype, who will provide live music throughout the event.
Jessie Whinfield will be singing the National Anthem before the main race.
Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for concession, and entry for children 17-years-old and under is free.
Kilmore Trackside’s luncheon package is available from $64 per person and includes admission, a three-course luncheon, race book and reserve table and seating.
Outdoor packages such as the mini marquee package from $255 per package for 10 people and the Trackside umbrella package from $210 per package for 10 people are also available.
A courtesy bus will be operating from the Kilmore East Train Station and will available to pick up (or drop off) passengers at local residencies.
Passengers wishing to organise a trip from the track or their homes are asked to keep timing to the schedule of the train station run.
For more information contact Debbie Tingiri at Kilmore Racing Club.
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