Kidman Cup race meet called off

Nicole Kidman

An A-list race meet dubbed the Nicole Kidman Cup has been cancelled due to a fashionably late entrance by the stars.

The Bowen Turf Club had planned a one-off race meeting this month to coincide with filming in the north Queensland coastal town of Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia, starring Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

Kidman was to have presented the winning trophy and Jackman to have judged the Fashions on the Field. But the stars did not arrive in time for the May Day event.