Pupils had the chance to see the gleaming $80,000 Cup and former Caulfield Cup winner Paris Lane.

Fashions on the Field, organised by the school's Young Leaders Group, saw pupils decked out in feather boas, pretty dresses and suits.

Other activities in Skipton, which has a strong connection to Victorian racing, included a morning tea at Mooramong homestead and a display of horsing racing memorabilia at the mechanics' hall.

The homestead had been given to the National Trust by the MacKinnon Family which had many successful racing horses as well as their own 1914 Melbourne Cup winner, Kingsburgh.

The day finished with a function attended by former race caller John Russell and world class jockey Arthur `Scobie' Breasley.

Mr Breasley was born in Wagga Wagga in 1914 and rode against Phar Lap in the 1929 Melbourne Cup when he was 15-years-old.

Although he never won the Cup, he holds the record for winning four Caulfield Cups in a row and then another in 1952.

Skipton Primary School principal Karen Kirby said the tour gave pupils a chance to learn more about their community's racing history.

"It's also given the kids a chance to have a fun dress-up day and give their gold coin donation to the Asthma Foundation," she said.