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By Jon Lees Michael Owen celebrated one of his most memorable victories since setting up his own racing operation when his stable landed the Chester Cup. There is no more important fixture in the calendar than the three-day May meeting at Chester, the local track to the ex-Liverpoll and England striker’s Manor House Stables in Malpas. The yard had drawn a blank on the first two days but finally struck in Friday’s £170,000 handicap with the 9-1 chance who had been runner-up for Owen’s trainer Hugo Palmer 12 months earlier. “That’s pretty much a lifelong dream to win that race,” said Owen, who c…

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