05/08/2026
See you there… serving from around 5ish🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🤠🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥
🏆 HEADING TO THE 2026 MAILMAN EXPRESS? 🐎
👍Up to 3000 people are expected at the Mount Isa Race Club tonight for the annual Mailman Express horse races.
🐎 There will be seven local races throughout the afternoon.
👏The event honours legendary bushman, drover, and rodeo rider Wally Mailman, who is the father of famous actor Deborah Mailman.
So, when do you need to be there? 🤔
❗️ GATES OPEN - 11:00am
❗️ LOCAL RACES - across the afternoon
❗️ MAILMAN EXPRESS BEGINS - 7:00pm
They'll be live music and food and drinks.
🎫 Tickets for the event available online and at the gate until sold out. 👏
🏇Heats of the Mailman Express will be run under lights starting around 7pm, at the Mount Isa Race Club following this afternoon’s race meeting at Buchanan Park.
🏆The fastest 10 horses enter the Calcutta for auction before they return to the track for another 200m run against the clock, with the quickest crowned champion.
📻 Listen to ABC North West QLD: https://ab.co/3mRJWAn