▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁male ▁mus icians ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Dar ren ▁Charles ▁O wen ▁is ▁a ▁horse ▁racing ▁comment ator , ▁born ▁ 3 ▁June ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁in ▁St . ▁As aph , ▁North ▁Wales . ▁ ▁Having ▁been ▁interested ▁in ▁horse ▁racing ▁since ▁a ▁young ▁age , ▁O wen ▁won ▁the ▁regional ▁final ▁of ▁an ▁amateur ▁sports ▁comment ator ▁competition , ▁organ ised ▁by ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁ 2 ▁and ▁spons ored ▁by ▁F ost ers ▁L ager , ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁He ▁finished ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁nation wide ▁final . ▁Following ▁this ▁break through , ▁he ▁began ▁comment ating ▁on ▁horse ▁racing ▁for ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁Wales , ▁starting ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Wel sh ▁National ▁won ▁by ▁Bon anza ▁Boy . ▁ ▁He ▁contributed ▁to ▁both ▁the ▁Sport ing ▁Life ▁and ▁Racing ▁Post ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁providing ▁in - running ▁comments ▁for ▁individual ▁races . ▁Following ▁the ▁closure ▁of ▁the ▁Sport ing ▁Life , ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁Racing ▁Post ▁and ▁still ▁cont ributes ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day ▁- ▁mainly ▁at ▁local ▁race c ourses ▁such ▁as ▁Bang or - On - De e , ▁Ch ester ▁and ▁Hay d ock ▁Park . ▁ ▁Jo ining ▁the ▁race course ▁comment ary ▁team ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁O wen ▁made ▁his ▁debut ▁at ▁Wol ver ham pton ▁on