According to Turf Club President Jim Strachan, the only thing remaining to take care of is bringing in water for the track, but even that's looking good ahead of the banner day of racing expected on Saturday August 10.

"We're just waiting on the water track for the track, which we really need considering we're dry as chips, but the track looks good and the preparation's coming along well," Strachan said.

The club are also expecting a healthy field of acceptances, with over seventy nominations across the day, and a few familiar faces nominating for the Louth Cup.

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"Seventy one nominations, that usually means about fifty to sixty for acceptances, which would be really, really good," Strachan said.

The familiar face is that of Nygan based trainer Rodney Robb and last year's winner Rusty Motorbike.

Last time out, the veteran Rusty Motorbike battled it out with Mark Ward's Zartini and ended up snatching a win in nail-biting photo finish.

This year, so long as there aren't any surprises in the lead up, the two will duke it out again, with both returning for the Louth Cup contest.

"I was also very pleased with the 1200m handicap, we've got a full field for that," Strachan said.

In that field, Robb has nominated both Dead Reckoning and Relaxed, while Dubbo's Connie Greig has put forward Felicette and Handful of Aces.

The field of familiar faces won't just be out on the track though, as Strachan readily admits that a big part of the one of a kind event's success comes down to the loyalty of the visiting crowd.

"I think we have a lot of people that come back every year, a big reason is the kind of advertising we get across social media, our profile is very popular and our ladies that run that do a fantastic job; the word of mouth is huge for an event like this, we have people from all over Australia making their way to us," Strachan said.

"We have a huge amount of caravans and winnebagos coming through, and I think they certainly help to spread the word of mouth a bit."

"It is very good, we're very fortunate to have an incredible crowd and a very loyal crowd and they support us to no end, the committee works really hard, we cart in wood, we bring in extra amenities and we try to look after them as best we can."

Strachan noted that with the drought times were particularly tough, but also that the club had been able to make the best of the situation with the help of their sponsors and supporters.

"We're doing it tough out here and so are they, so we do really, really appreciate their incredible support."