Glorious Goodwood 2013: Michael Owen revels in his cup success with Brown Panther I'm always jumping around [when I watch racing]. I celebrate more here than when I scored a goal. It was great. The win is the biggest for his Manor House Stable, jointly owned with Betfair co-founder Andrew Black. And while there were no tears, as there were at Royal Ascot when the same horse won in 2011, Owen said there was that familiar nervous tension. It's a totally different feeling to football. I always felt reasonably in control because you've got your destiny in your hands being out there. But this racing game is a test of your nerves," he said. You've got nothing to do with it in many ways. You're sat there in the stands and just hoping that the trainer's done his job in the first place and then the jockey does his job. They've both done it with aplomb today. Horses are nothing new for Owen. He bought his first aged 18, the same year he weaved through the Argentine defence to score that famous World Cup goal, and now keeps more than 90 at his 170-acre farm in Cheshire. What about the sport excites him? "There are similarities between football and racing," he said. How you parade and prepare a horse; the injuries; the thrills; the spills. Everything about it gives you a great adrenalin rush and it's something you can never learn enough about. Owen has a real horse racing brain, according to trainer Tom Dascombe. "He knows the game," he said. I rang him this morning and told him how we were going to ride it. I asked if that was all right with him, he said it was perfect. He understands the idiosyncrasies of tracks, he understands the quality of racing and he understands how difficult it is to have a group two winner at Goodwood. He looks the part, too. Dressed in a dark navy suit and light brown loafers, Owen looked at home as he collected the Cup from Zara Phillips, having lunched with Lord March a few hours earlier. That grin still had not warn off by the time he left for London to join the launch of BT Sport. Inadvertently, that was the one downside of the day. The only shame is I can't have a few drinks and celebrate because I've got to go and talk on the telly