The annual Walgett Races were a stampeding success last weekend, with a crowd of around 1400 enjoying all the fun of the races and party atmosphere.

Walgett Races committee member, Nicole Tuohey said, while she loved the event, her contribution was definitely on "the social side of things".

 "We were rapt with the result of the day, both on the track and off," Ms Tuohey said. "On the social side, we held a luncheon which seats 160 and it sold out in two hours after tickets went on sale."

"We had a new area this year as well which we called Bill's Bunker. The grandstand at the track is named after soldier, Bill Colless, so we created another a space underneath to try to keep in theme.

"We sold 82 tickets into there, and that was to the Scots College old boys from the boarding school in Sydney who came out and celebrated 25 years."

"We also had our party marquees and had a few fun and games, including the Dino Dash when we auction of dinosaur outfits and do a dash for cash after the last race. We also had an egg and spoon race and plenty of live music."

 As for the actual race, Ms Tuohey said it went off really well in front of a large and appreciative crowd.

"In the Geronimo Farm Equipment/ New Holland Walgett Cup, one of Clint Lundholm's horses won. Clint is from Dubbo and his horses name was Macchina Volante. We did have quite a few locally trained horses running from Dubbo and a couple of Collie horses as well."

"The crowd was awesome, we even had some out of towners that come through. Some had contacted us earlier and knew it was on, but we did have a few campers at the caravan park next to the racetrack who didn't even know the races were happening. They they all wandered over and gave us a hand. It was really lovely, they all got stuck in and were moving tables and putting champagne glasses together. They said they're now making it an annual trip."

Ms Tuohey said that after packing up post race, the committee is on a short break but have already started planning for next year.

"It went so well this year, we will definitely run a similar program because it worked out brilliantly," she said. "We have already locked a few things in already."