Sean Bowen

Bowen comes from a racing background. His father, Peter, is a trainer. His mother, Karen, is a former champion point-to-point rider. His younger brother, James, is a jockey, while his older brother, Mickey, trains with his father, taking over the licence in May 2025 after sharing it for a season.{{cite web|url=https://www.greatbritishracing.com/features/from-the-canvas-to-the-championship/|title=From the Canvas to the Championship - Sean Bowen|date=24 April 2025|publisher=Great British Racing}}{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/the-front-runner/new-start-for-bowen-family-as-father-peter-hands-over-training-licence-after-30-year-career-aotx25l9FGfn/|title=New start for Bowen family as father Peter hands over training licence after 30-year career|date=6 May 2025|work=Racing Post}} Bowen won a pony racing championship before riding in point-to-points, where he was awarded the Wilkinson Sword title for top novice rider in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.greatbritishracing.com/features/sean-bowen-marching-towards-the-title/|title=Sean Bowen - Marching Towards The Title|date=29 November 2025|publisher=Great British Racing}}

In 2015, Bowen won both the Champion Conditional Jockey Championship and the Racing Excellence Hands and Heels Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/welsh-jockey-sean-bowen-wins-9117159|title=Welsh jockey Sean Bowen wins National Hunt conditional riders' title with Sandown victory|publisher=Wales Online|access-date=18 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.britishhorseracing.com/sean-bowen-comes-out-on-top-in-the-conditional-hands-and-heels-title/|title=Sean Bowen comes out on top in the Conditional Hands and Heels title|publisher=British Horse Racing Authority|access-date=18 September 2022}} In the same year, Bowen won his first two Lester Awards for both Racing Excellence Conditional Jockey and the AtTheRaces Jump Ride of the Year for his win on Just A Par at Sandown Park.{{cite web|url=https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/14165481.racing-jockey-tom-marquand-wins-first-lester-award/|title=RACING: Jockey Tom Marquand wins his first 'Lester' award|publisher=Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Standard|access-date=19 September 2022}}

In 2019, Bowen won his first Grade 1 race with victory on board If The Cap Fits, in the Liverpool Hurdle.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/cap-fits-in-thriller/164831|title=If The Cap Fits wins thrilling Ryanair Stayers' Hurdle|publisher=Sporting Life|access-date=19 September 2022}} His second Group 1 win came in 2021 at Sandown, with Metier winning the Tolworth Novices' Hurdle.{{cite web|url=https://harryfryracing.com/metier-dominates-in-grade-1-tolworth-hurdle/|title=METIER DOMINATES IN GRADE 1 TOLWORTH HURDLE|publisher=Harry Fry Racing|access-date=19 September 2022}}

Previously, Bowen has been an official ambassador to Ffos Las Racecourse. He regularly rides for his father Peter Bowen, Martin Keighley and Olly Murphy.{{cite web|url=https://peterbowenracing.co.uk/jockey/sean-bowen/|title=Sean Bowen|publisher=peterbowenracing.co.uk|access-date=19 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.paulnichollsracing.com/our-jockeys/|title=Our Jockeys|publisher=paulnichollsracing.com|access-date=19 September 2022}}

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• Fighting Fifth Hurdle - (1) Not So Sleepy (2023)
• Liverpool Hurdle - (2) If The Cap Fits (2019), Strong Leader (2024)
• Tolworth Novices' Hurdle - (1) Metier (2021)

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[https://www.britishhorseracing.com/racing/participants/jockeys/jockey/ Sean Bowen profile at the British Horse Racing Authority]

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Category:1997 births

Category:Living people

Category:Welsh jockeys

Category:Lester Award winners

Category:British Champion jumps jockeys

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