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'It's marvellous to be here and even better to have a winner' - owners are back!

Owners returned to Listowel on Monday
Owners returned to Listowel on MondayCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)

The couch potatoes have been peeled and let loose at last.

For the first time since early October, owners were allowed to go racing in Ireland on bank holiday Monday and glorious sunshine greeted them at Gowran Park and Listowel.

It has been a long, dark and, at times, seemingly never-ending tunnel but light has finally flickered for those who pay the bills and nobody enjoyed the homecoming more than Liam Kelly of the North County Syndicate.

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David JenningsDeputy Ireland editor

Published on 7 June 2021inNews

Last updated 09:53, 8 June 2021

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