The thermometer only reached 11.5 degrees and it threatened to rain most of the day.
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The conditions weren't the most inviting but a small crowd of people took the opportunity to return to the Tamworth Jockey Club on Monday.
It was the first time punters and owners were allowed back at the Tamworth Jockey Club in about three months when COVID-19 measures were put in place.
And they were treated to some fine racing.
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Like in race five when the Stephen Jones-trained Rose of Savannah toppled the two favourites - Cecilia and Stellar Blaze.
She claimed the win after jockey Ash Morgan ducked back on the inside of Cecilia.
"You're, sort of, confident but hopeful at the same time when a horse sees daylight they sprint pretty quickly," racing manager Brian Gentle said of Rose of Savannah.
The mare did just that to burst through and claim a victory by 0.29 lengths over Cecilia.
"She's been promising to do that for a while," Gentle said after the race.
"She's been unlucky a number of times and had a bit of luck today."
The following race was won by Newcastle trainer David Atkins with Excelsa.
It completed a double for Atkins - the only trainer to get one at Tamworth - after winning the opener with Areya Tuchuzy.
In total, there was seven races on Monday and it was a return to some type of normality for TJC general manager Mitch Shaw.
Shaw was glad to see the public back and he said they were just as happy to be back.
"I've chatted to a lot of owners today and they're really happy to come back and see their horse run," Shaw said.
"That's why they own horses, to come to race days and they haven't been able to do that for the last three months."
It also marked the return of bookmakers like Joe Lahood.
Lahood had his first meeting back trackside at Moree the Monday prior.
The bookmaker said it had been a tough three months on the sidelines but was thrilled to be back.
"It's great, even thought it's a bit quiet," he said.
"It's good being back on track. We want bookmakers back on track. We don't want to see the demise of bookmakers through this incident.
"And it'll build up. People will come back to races with your cup meetings, Melbourne Cup days. They're going to come back as long as we don't get a second wave."
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"I'm really happy with the crowd. It exceeded my expectations being a cold Monday but with school holidays there's a couple families out," TJC general manager Mitch Shaw said.
"Everyone's been really good and obeying the protocols in place. Everyone's chipping in to make sure we can keep doing this."