FROSTY'S THE SHO-WOMAN

Bryony & Frodon give Nicholls 12th win

- DAVID YATES

BRYONY FROST and Frodon shone through the gloom with an ever - say - die, Ladbrokes King, George VI Chase victory that brought the feelgood factor back to racing.

The 20-1 success at Kempton Park, ending a deeply troubled year for the sport on a high, carried the jockey, 25, to not one but two milestones.

Not only was it the first by a female rider in one of jump racing’s unofficial ‘Classics’, but it took Frost (below) to the record number of National Hunt winners – 175 – by a woman in Britain, passing Lucy Alexander.