The annual tribute meeting to the city’s Diggers features a 10-race card with the Anzac Day Cup and two feature finals at Maitland Showground starting from 3.37pm.

The club will donate half of its gate takings and profits from a raffle to Maitland RSL Sub-Branch to assist with the services and projects it runs for our ex-servicemen and women.

Veterans and serving military members wearing their military medals will receive free entry to the meeting.

Maitland Sub-Branch committee members will attend the meeting to present the cup to the winner.

“It’s our way of giving something back to the RSL and I hope the community turns out in force to show their support,” Maitland track manager Tony Edmunds said.

The Anzac Day Cup is race seven on the 10-race program and jumps at 5.30pm.

It is a fourth and fifth grade 400 metre sprint that should offer punters good betting prospects with winning chances across the field.

The club will also host two finals - the Country Hotels Challenge and Country Hotels Maiden – with patrons from six country gatherings at the track for some friendly rivalry. They receive a runner in each final and the winner gets to take home a perpetual trophy and bragging rights.

Steve Don from the Kearsley Hotel won both events last year and he has a team of patrons coming along to defend their trophies.

Anzac Day Cup field