Sean Bowen weekend rides blog: 'We have something to build upon from there'

Following Cheltenham Festival 2025 this week, Sean Bowen has four rides at Kempton this weekend and he previews them all in his latest blog with Coral.

He has lost his way a little over fences, so we are going back over hurdles. He is off a lower mark over hurdles, so life should be easier for him here. We just need to boost his confidence, so the primary aim will be to have a clear round and then we have something to build upon from there. 

It was a bit more like it from him last time at Kempton. He likes good ground, and he will get that here. If he takes another step forward over the same C&D, he will have an each-way chance, in what looks like a competitive handicap chase.

He had a little break before his last run at Carlisle and he appeared a little rusty. He was in excellent form earlier in the season, completing a double, with wins coming at Huntingdon and Leicester. We hope he can find the form from the early stages of the campaign, as he’d be more than capable of winning a race like this.

I don’t know much about this horse, but what I will say is, Tom Weston has done well with bumper runners this year. He knows how to get them ready for their first run. 

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