After a five month hiatus, the Armidale Jockey Club returned to form with Sunday's pinnacle Armidale Cup race event.
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Hundreds of racegoers turned out for the highly-anticipated first meeting back after drought saw meetings between September and March 1 transferred from the Armidale Racecourse to other tracks around the region.
The racecourse was a picture and the track a Soft 6 with a warm, sunny day greeting punters.
The $60,000 Cup event was won by Scone based-Concessions but locals did cheer home Armidale horses in the earlier race with Stirling Osland's Heaven's High storming home in front of William Wain's Cocky Rocky in the 1100m handicap.
The next event for the Armidale Jockey Club will be the St Albert's College race day which has been brought forward to March 29.