Bowen’s dad and mom, Peter and Karen, have been coaching racehorses for 30 years, however that didn’t imply he immediately took to the game.
“I can not say I grew up loving it. I loved soccer till I used to be round 11. I began using once I was about 10,” he says.
“I suppose each my brothers received into using ponies, after which I had no-one to play soccer with, so I needed to get on the ponies as a substitute.”
Bowen’s youthful brother James can also be a jockey and has greater than 400 winners.
“It is wonderful – only a few folks get to have their brother in a altering room with them daily,” Sean says.
“When he began using, he pushed me to do higher. It is one thing fairly distinctive that we’re each doing one thing that we’re each profitable at.”
The brothers converse at the least a few occasions every day, with James Bowen saying he wouldn’t be a jockey however for Sean’s affect.
“I’ve a lot admiration for him,” James says. “I believe we assist one another out, however extra so him serving to me out.”
The Pembrokeshire brothers needed to share the spoils at Cheltenham in December after a dead heat was recorded between their horses.
“I used to be ending nicely and we pulled up and he [James] was depressed as a result of he thought he received beat,” says Sean.
“After they referred to as the lifeless warmth, it was wonderful as a result of it is a kind of issues you understand would not occur fairly often, not to mention occur with a brother.
“The actual fact it was at Cheltenham, clearly the most important racecourse within the nation, it was unbelievable. I hope it occurs once more.”
