New Posts For Thread: Sean Bowen,what's going on with his Cheltenham rides?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-ridesHe's a great , great jockey. Yet no trainer can put him up on anything fancied?Banbridge had previously finished 7th and 9th at Cheltenham over fences.How on earth was it second favourite?!Could only have been because Joseph won the previous race.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565272573#565272573Banbridge had previously finished 7th and 9th at Cheltenham over fences.How on earth was it second favourite?!Could only have been because Joseph won the previous race.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:17:34 -0500Banbridge was 2nd fav, never got in the race.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565272557#565272557Banbridge was 2nd fav, never got in the race.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:10:50 -0500I'm struggling to find any fancied ride he has had this week?He's very much like AP riding for Pipe... quantity over quality (with the odd special horse infrequently thrown in).https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565272535#565272535I'm struggling to find any fancied ride he has had this week?He's very much like AP riding for Pipe... quantity over quality (with the odd special horse infrequently thrown in).Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:01:09 -0500Il Etait Temps came from a fair way back (which lends credence to the fact that Mark Walsh went too hard up front).https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565272527#565272527Il Etait Temps came from a fair way back (which lends credence to the fact that Mark Walsh went too hard up front).Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:58:57 -0500Copy and Paste every ride, Halti Coolers has no chance, outpaced and might run on for 4th or 5thhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565272525#565272525Copy and Paste every ride, Halti Coolers has no chance, outpaced and might run on for 4th or 5thFri, 13 Mar 2026 04:57:44 -0500At the Festival he is just an also ran. Wasn't Banbridge fancied? Never looked likely. The showboating tactics he gets away with during the week don't work on such a competitive stage. It doesn't help that Murphy also has a nothing record at the Festhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565272523#565272523At the Festival he is just an also ran. Wasn't Banbridge fancied? Never looked likely. The showboating tactics he gets away with during the week don't work on such a competitive stage. It doesn't help that Murphy also has a nothing record at the FestFri, 13 Mar 2026 04:56:41 -0500You can't win at the festival 6 wide and at the back tbhTell that to Martatorhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565272503#565272503You can't win at the festival 6 wide and at the back tbhTell that to MartatorFri, 13 Mar 2026 04:41:01 -0500surely Haiti couleurs gives him his best chance today from the front?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565272265#565272265surely Haiti couleurs gives him his best chance today from the front?Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:14:03 -0500Used to ride for Nicholls at the start of his career.Wonder if he might get on a few more at Ditcheat once Cobden gets going with JP, but hardly ridden at all for the yard over past few years.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565271539#565271539Used to ride for Nicholls at the start of his career.Wonder if he might get on a few more at Ditcheat once Cobden gets going with JP, but hardly ridden at all for the yard over past few years.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:56:12 -0500He rides them like he's at Uttoxeter in the mud, can't be dropping them at last with a circuit to runhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31897117/sean-bowenwhats-going-on-with-his-cheltenham-rides?post_id=565271485#565271485He rides them like he's at Uttoxeter in the mud, can't be dropping them at last with a circuit to runThu, 12 Mar 2026 11:49:48 -0500