Sean Bowen (photographed) rode his 1,000th winner on Friday in a humble Fakenham bumper on the Olly Murphy-trained Kefir D’Oudairies. The landmark has taken just over eleven years, his first winner being in December 2013. The thousand includes one in Ireland and two flat races. Bowen enjoyed a rare day off on Sunday, fourteen ahead of Harry Skelton in the hunt for the jockeys’ title. Success would make him the first Welsh-born champion since Dick Francis 71 years ago.
Kefir D’Oudairies made all the running and was all out to win by a head. Sean’s parents Peter and Karen had made the seven and a half hour journey to witness his achievement, which had been prefaced by a…