They watched six TAB races under a baby blue sky.

"I thought it was a really good social day," QJC secretary Ted Wilkinson said.

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"We had really great winter conditions."

Wilkinson said "the Willow Tree people supported the day really well, and it was good racing all day".

Some 15mm of rain during the week of the race meant the track was an "ideal" soft six, he said.

Marc Quinn's barren run at Quirindi came to an end, after four-year-old gelding Zapluck stormed home to secure the Port Macquarie trainer his first Willow Tree Cup (1000m).

Piloted by Luke Rolls, Zapluck won for the third time in 26 starts when he edged the fast-finishing, Darren Egan-trained City Jet (Casey Waddell), to capture the $12,000 feature event at Saturday's six-race TAB meeting.

The Bryan Dixon-trained Makuba (Zara Lewis) was a length away in third place.

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