James Bowen has been fo rced to abandon hope of a first Cheltenham Festival winner next month after breaking his arm at Huntingdon on Thursday.
The 21-year-old jockey was taken to Peterborough Hospital for X-rays after being unseated from the Billy Aprahamian-saddled Mutual Respect at the second-last flight of the Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle at the Cambridgeshire course.
And Bowen, set for some promising mounts at the Festival for boss Nicky Henderson – he had been due to take five rides for Seven Barrows at Chepstow this afternoon – confirmed: “I’ve broken my arm – that’s about the height of it.
