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Bowen versus Bowen BY GRAHAM CLARK
They might be arch-rivals on the racetrack in the pursuit of success, but the bond between brothers James and Sean Bowen is as strong as they come.
G rowing up in West Wales the pair have done pretty much everything together their whole life from going pony racing through to sharing the weighing room on a daily basis. For some the thought of working alongside a sibling day-in, day-out would be enough to drive them up the wall, however both James and Sean wouldn’t have it any other way. And although both lads are riding at the top of their game a career in racing was not initially on the agenda for Sean, despite their dad Peter running a successful jumps yard. Sean said: “I actually used to hate coming home and seeing
the racing channel on as that is all that would ever be on. Horse racing wasn’t for me for a good while as I was more into football until I was about 11 as I was a big Chelsea fan, but our older brother Mickey was into it from an early stage. I suppose me and James started getting into it through our two cousins Peter and Josh Bryan as they were into their ponies and they used to bring them down to ours in the holidays.” Scoring the winning goal in front of 40,000 fans at Stamford Bridge might have been more of an early dream for Sean instead of winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but for his
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