THE wind was blowing upwards of 20 knots and there was a measurable wind chill factor but the hardy souls of the north-west with hats skirts and fascinators flying turned out in numbers for the Sedan Dip.

Over 250 people braved the chilly conditions to attend a weekend of horse racing, campdraft and rodeo.

Owner/trainer Alan Hayden both had successful day with wins in the first two races on the card but the feature, the Race-3 Dalgonally Open Trophy was won by the Fabian trained, Proud Mark, ridden by Brisbane jockey, Glenn Lee. Tanya Parry trained both 2nd and 3rd place getters, Raw Sequel and Mozzies Cozzees.

It was a family affair when City Pride won in Rabobank Restricted Trophy. City Pride was given to the Jensen family by cousins, the Smerdens, the trophy was presented by Kate Jensen to her trainer husband Andrew, the jockey was daughter, Nicole, and the strapper was son Andrew.

Race five provided some excitement when the saddle slipped on the John Dagan ridden Foreign Knowledge, dislodging the jockey. After medical examination by ambulance officers, John was declared fit to party on the remainder of the weekend.

Rodeo followed the racing and raging followed the rodeo then to cap off an action packed weekend Sunday saw the finals of the campdraft.

The facilities at Sedan Dip are the best to be found in outback Queensland and the Sedan Dip race club committee have set the bar at a height all other clubs must now strive to attain.

*More photos in this week’s North Queensland Register, out Thursday.