IT has already been a memorable season in the fledgling career of jockey James Bowen, having registered his first Grade 1 win last month, and the 22-year-old is relishing the chance to partner Jonbon for the first time in the rescheduled Clarence House Chase (2.25).

Regular rider Nico de Boinville is not fit enough to ride after a collarbone injury, and Jonbon’s other usual jockey Aidan Coleman is still on the sidelines, so it is Bowen who Nicky Henderson has called on for the plum Grade 1 ride at Cheltenham today.