Coral Racing Ambassador, Sean Bowen shares an exclusive preview of his rides, this Sunday, at Market Rasen.

13:00 Market Rasen – Moore Brion

Moore Brion makes the switch to hurdles having won both of his bumpers and I’m looking forwards to seeing how he gets on over the obstacles. He was impressive on his first visit to Market Rasen, showing a good turn of foot and followed that up with another promising performance last time out. He’s schooled well and he’s a horse we’ve always thought plenty of, so it’ll be interesting to see how he starts the season.

13.35 Market Rasen – Don Dandy

Don Dandy comes over from France for his first run in Britain in the juvenile hurdle division. He arrives with a relatively high rating for this type of race and importantly, has already gained some valuable experience, which a lot of juveniles don’t have. He’s an interesting runner and I’m looking forwards to seeing what he can do. Hopefully, he’s about right for his first start over here and can make a nice start to the season.

14.10 Market Rasen – Sure Touch

Sure Touch heads into the veterans’ chase division and he’s a horse who has enjoyed success at Market Rasen, including over course and distance. He was disappointing here last time but he generally saves some of his best efforts for this track. He’s been an old legend of the yard, although he’s probably not as well handicapped as he once was. These veterans’ races are brilliant for horses like him and he’ll wear blinkers for the first time, so hopefully they can spark him up a little bit. He definitely has a chance if he turns up at his best but that’s what we need to see.

14.41 Market Rasen – Livin On Luco

Livin On Luco runs in the Silver Cup and I’m looking forward to getting on him for the first time. He finished fourth in last season’s Coral Welsh Grand National, so we know he stays very well. He looks the type who will appreciate a test of stamina and with the stable’s horses having started the season well, I’m looking forwards to riding him and seeing how we get on.

15:13 Market Rasen – Gamble Tiep

Gamble Tiep makes his first start for Olly Murphy after a very long absence of more than 800 days. It’s obviously a long time to be off the track and to be honest, I’m not sure how fit he’ll be or how ready he is for his return. I’d imagine he might just need the run.

16.23 Market Rasen – Clos Du Mouche

Clos Du Mouche rounds off my six rides, although I don’t know a great deal about him at this stage. He’s by Nirvana Du Berlais, who is doing very well as a stallion and he wasn’t a cheap three-year-old. Based on that, I’m hopeful he could be a nice horse but I’ll know more once I’ve had the chance to ride him.

Sean Bowen, Coral Racing Ambassador