Having progressed out of handicaps, Frodon started to make waves in Graded company and last season he reeled off a trio of Cheltenham victories, which came to a rousing crescendo in the Ryanair. They had the confidence in me and it made me believe in myself and the partnership.” They could have quite easily taken me off him when he was running in handicaps off top weight and to me that was huge. “If you get the chance to school him at home it’s a pleasure not a job.”Īfter finishing third that day, Frost has continued her partnership with Frodon for 11 of his next 12 starts, winning six, with the only change coming in the 2018 Ryanair when he finished fifth under Sam Twiston-Davies.įrost is extremely grateful to Nicholls and owner Paul Vogt, adding: “They showed massive loyalty to me when I lost my claim last year. “He’s noisy and squealing and always the monkey in the string trying to set off everybody by bucking around and being the playful chap he is. The day I was able to ride him was mega,” says Frost. “I watched him closely and dreamed that one day I might be able to have a go with him on the track. The pair’s association began just before Christmas in 2017 in a Listed Chase at Ascot, when the then conditional jockey first got to ride a horse she had admired from afar in trainer Paul Nicholls’ yard. As the pair went from strength to strength last season half of the Frodon experience became watching the tremendously tough eight-year-old see off all-comers from the front, and the other half was the breathless and unapologetically enthusiastic debriefs from Frost in the winner’s enclosure. You end up floating in the air for more seconds than you think.”įrodon’s tenacity and talent, combined with Frost’s skills in the saddle and unabashed enthusiasm, makes for a highly potent combination. He does feel like he has wings when he takes off. “He takes my breath away and when I call him Pegasus I call him that for a reason. People can respect his pure guts and the way he jumps. “He’s brave and he does it the hard way, running from the front. “I think everybody can find a bit of common ground in his character, he wears his heart on his sleeve when he races,” says the jockey. The pair captured hearts and minds alike with a series of stirring performances last season that culminated with victory in the Ryanair Chase and Frost believes Frodon’s everyman qualities are what helped him resonate so powerfully with the public. Half of those magical 60 minutes belonged to jump racing’s golden couple: Frodon and Bryony Frost. Last year’s Cheltenham Festival will be remembered for the ‘Golden Hour’ on the Thursday of the meeting. This article was originally published on March 4. Jerry: Terry? Kramer: Newman's turtle.Fans' Favourites is a new feature in the Racing Post Weekender in which we talk to those closest to racing's most popular horses and find out why they pluck on our heartstrings. Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum: Give that back (fights with Kramer for the trophy) Mandelbaum: Oh.my back! Leo: Someone call an ambulance! Kramer: There's a doctor at Newman's I'll grab him! Jerry: Doctor?! Kramer: Terry's hurt. Mandelbaum! Jerry: Mandelbaum?! (Mandelbaum walks in agitated) Mandelbaum: You better give that back! Jerry: How did you get up here? Mandelbaum: What I'm old, and I can't open doors? You think you're better than me? Jerry: That's not what I meant, Mr. Kramer: Leo, I won this fair and square! Leo: You're not a registered Senior rider! You stole that from Mr. (sees Kramer) KRamer: Leo, how's it hanging? Leo: You! You need to give that back! That's the Senior's Riding Association trophy! Jerry: Oh.this makes sense. What's Leo doing here?! (Kramer polishing his Trophy) (Leo comes in) Leo: Jerry!! Jerry: Hello, Uncle Leo, you don't have to yell. Jerry: Kramer, you can't keep the trophy! Kramer: Jerry, I won it fair and square! Jerry: You competed against the seniors! (Uncle Leo buzzes) Leo: Jerry!! Hello!! I need to come up! Jerry: Fine, Leo.
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