BOWEN PLAYING NATIONAL 'CARD'

SEAN BOWEN will try to fulfil his boyhood dream in Saturday’s Randox Grand National as he teams up with Gordon Elliott’s Three Card Brag at Aintree.

- NICK ROBSON

Bowen, who has a healthy lead over Harry Skelton in the jockeys’ championship, has ridden plenty of winners for one of Three Card Brag’s owners, Max McNeil, through his association with Olly Murphy.

“The Grand National is a race I’ve dreamed of winning since I was a young boy, it’s the one race everyone has heard of, and if you win it, that can never be taken away from you,” said Bowen, who is a Coral ambassador.