Potentially really good news, this. If he gets a taste for it he might take it up full-time and pack in the football punditry.
The fact he appears pretty decent at it doesn't hurt our chances either, his horse Calder Prince came in second in the Prince's Countryside Trust charity race at Ascot this afternoon.
Check out this footage from the race.
Tom Chatfield-Roberts and Golden Wedding get the better of @themichaelowen & Calder Prince in The Prince's Countryside Find Charity Race @Ascot. pic.twitter.com/CkfbzpISwk
— Racing UK (@Racing_UK) November 24, 2017
And his reaction afterwards.
"It was better than I expected." - @themichaelowen says he loved riding in The Prince's Countryside Fund Charity Race @Ascot and wants to ride in a Charity race again. pic.twitter.com/9AuumwVaa5
— Racing UK (@Racing_UK) November 24, 2017
Go on Mike, lad! Keep racing. Leave football!