Punters thrilled as ‘fantastic’ Bryony Frost back with old boss Paul Nicholls for big British comeback on Friday

Bryony Frost volition beryllium backmost riding for her aged brag Paul Nicholls successful the large Grade 2 Hanlon Chase astatine Exeter connected Friday.

Frost, 29, spent the summertime riding successful France and has not ridden successful Britain since August 22.

But she's got 2 rides connected Friday, archetypal connected committee the Ditcheat gaffer's Sans Bruit, and different connected Asian Spice, trained by her father, Jimmy Frost successful the mares handicap hurdle.

She's already tasted occurrence with Sans Bruit successful the Red Rum Chase astatine this year's Aintree Festival, but soon afterward the large victor she packed her bags and de-camped to France.

She bagged the occupation of retained jockey for apical owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede of 'team Double Green' fame, and has ridden six winners since she arrived successful May.

A breached collarbone saw her connected the sidelines for a little spell, but speech from that the travel has been a success, and most apt a reset for her too.

In the years starring up to the move, Frost endured much than her just stock of turbulence successful the workplace.

She was astatine the halfway of a horrendous bullying enactment with chap weighing country jockey Robbie Dunne and suffered a brutal backmost injury astatine the Grand National gathering successful October 2022.

She besides went done a breakup with chap high-profile jockey Patrick Mullins, lad of legendary Irish handler Willie.

Better quality came successful the signifier of a Grade 2 triumph aboard the Paul Nicholls-trained Knappers Hill astatine Sandown successful April 2023.

But amid a drying up of rides, she had to hold different twelvemonth to get her adjacent apical level occurrence - a devastating triumph aboard Sans Bruit successful the Red Rum Chase astatine this year's Aintree Festival.

Victory was worthy much than £50,000 but her caput was already made up.

Frost, aft years of occurrence present and much than £2million successful prize wealth winnings, was France-bound.

There has present been an outpouring of enactment for Frost connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, with punters delighted to spot her backmost successful the saddle.

One said: "It is FANTASTIC to spot Bryony Frost backmost riding successful the UK."

Another commented: "Lovely miss she is it was disgusting however she was treated."

One added: "I anticipation she wins."

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