Bryony Frost

[greenasgrass]

Brilliant Bryony ride on a wonderful warrior of a horse. Reminded me of Desert Orchid the way he doesn’t like anything getting in front.

Just watched the replay – the bit coming to the second last where they’re coming to swamp him, get to his girths on either side and he is having none of it is brilliant. And also when he doesn’t get a great jump at the last and plenty of horses coming to the end of their stamina would use that as a good excuse to think oh well, second place will do….not that horse.

[Father_Jack]

HDLG If Bryony got first dibs
on everything from Nicholls and they won Champion Hurdle, Gold Cup and GN would she then be as good as Rachel ? Rachel had a long dry spell after Cheltenham IIRC…..

[mickeyjp]

A case of a jockey and horse working together. Great pace setting by bryony to keep a wee bit for the end but you’ve got to have a battler to come back and win like that. Really chuffed for her. Go bryony.

[He Didnt Like Ground]

Father , Rachel has spent years getting herself in the position to get these rides , she has ridden more Cheltenham winners in a day than bryony has in her career , does anyone really think byrony is better than Rachel ….she just not , her and Frodon are a great partnership and well done to them

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[Gingertipster]

Thanks FJ.

HDLG, Rachel is no Ruby Walsh, doesn’t mean we can’t compliment her.

Then again…
If Rachel is the female Ruby, Bryony is the female AP.

Value Is Everything

[He Didnt Like Ground]

Ginger I never said she was Ruby , she,s Rachel the first female jockey to actually mix it with men , as for Bryony being AP ….last year she rode 18 winners …..maybe not the best example Ginger as AP was a prolific winner as we all know , maybe a better comparison would be Timmy Murphy or Denis Regan , both excellent horsemen but without the drive of AP , I’m not saying Bryony isn’t talented , she is just not in the same league as Rachel , put simply you can’t tell Rachel is a female when riding …you can with Bryony

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[Marlingford]

Delighted to see Bryony Frost have another significant victory. She must adore Frodon, and rightly so. Really admire her holding nerve in what must continue to be difficult circumstances, and she has once again shown what a good jockey she is.

I do get a bit frustrated that whenever she gets mentioned a frequent comment is “but she’s not as good as Rachael Blackmore”. I understand why it’s made as female jockeys competing at the top level are still a rarity, but Rachael and Bryony are competing in the same races as their male counterparts, and what’s really more important is whether they are as good as all of the other jockeys regardless of sex.

I also don’t observe anything about Bryony Frost’s riding style that particularly shows she is female. When I read this type of comment, I’m interpreting it as meaning she stands out in some way compared to her numerous male counterparts. I’m presuming this is not meant in a complimentary way either! For those of you who do see this, what is it about her style that is different?

[Illavim]

Very well put Marlingford.

Both Rachael and Bryony are excellent jockeys, and the fact that they are female should not even enter the conversation, it’s time to move on!
One thing I have noticed about Bryony’s riding style is her balance (seems much better than most) but put that down to her surfing experience rather than her being female 🙂.

[Gingertipster]

Sorry HDLG / everyone, I didn’t explain myself.

My first comment of:

“HDLG, Rachel is no Ruby Walsh, doesn’t mean we can’t compliment her”.

…Was meant as: Just because Rachel is not Ruby Walsh doesn’t mean we should not compliment her. In the same way as; just because Bryony is not Rachel doesn’t mean we should not compliment her.

My second comment of:

Then again…
If Rachel is the female Ruby, Bryony is the female AP.

…Was not meant as a direct comparison: Just that Rachel is known more for her hold up rides just like Ruby… And Bryony known more for her prominent rides – like AP… And just because AP was not Ruby and/or Ruby was not AP did not mean we shouldn’t have complimented either when one rode a great race.

ie Not keep staying “but he/she isn’t as good as X”.

Value Is Everything

[Gingertipster]

“put simply you can’t tell Rachel is a female when riding …you can with Bryony”

…And that’s just bull…..

Value Is Everything

[LD73]

Bryony for the rides she gets is doing amazing well – she builds a real raport with horses better than many jockeys I have seen past or present. There is no better ambassador for racing on the PR front as her love of the horses and the game shines through every time she is on camera.

Last season she finished 17th in the Jockey’s Title with 47 wins from 318 rides (15% S/R) whilst Cobden was 3rd with 123 wins from 582 rides (21% S/R), only seven jockeys above her had a better strike rate overall and all above her in the standings had more total rides

Bear in mind that compared to Cobden a number of her rides will be on horses that would be outsiders – given Cobden’s chances to ride a lot of favourites, I feel that she would more than hold her own as her riding style might mean that she could get more horses running for her.

Comparing her to Rachael is wholly unfair because for many years she has had the full backing of big yards and would regularly be riding a better class of horses in races (the last three seasons she has had 1,635 rides compared to Bryony’s 936) but interestingly last season Rachael had 92 winners from 570 rides (16% S/R) and over the last three years her S/R is 16% (20/21), 14% (19/20) & 15% (18/19) whilst Bryony’s is 15% (20/21), 14% (19/20) & 16% (18/19) respectively.

Hopefully Nicholls will give her increasingly more opportunities over the next few years because her ability is derserving of the chance to take her to the next level i.e. onto the fringes of challenging for the title.

[greenasgrass]

  Rachel is known more for her hold up rides just like Ruby… And Bryony known more for her prominent rides – like AP

True…though I wonder whether jockeys sometimes get a bit pigeon holed. Danny Mullins has a good name for making the running so he gets handed good spares that need to be prominent. High quality spare rides that are better midfield or held up could go to anyone good who is free so his strike rate might be lower on the hold up horses as he’s competing with everyone else. Thus he then becomes more successful on his front running rides- because they are better horses- and gets typecast. If he or Bryony were first jockey for a big yard, they might be able to show more versatility at a high level.

[jackh1092]

Great ride for team Frodon/Bryony. Also great for the local track to have such a story take place there.

I’ll leave the Blackmore vs Bryony stuff, as it’s a fairly obvious one for me.

TYT, not sure what you’re on about with Cobdon he’s 22 and a superb jockey. Fair enough if you’re a Bryony fanboy.

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[mickeyjp]

Bryony just seems to be a very hard person to dislike as anytime she interacts with the public it’s always good for racing. Christ knows what dunne beef is but if you get wound up by bryony he’d blow a gasket when cut up by a real nut job of a jockey. This dunne thing needs finalised so we can move on but there has to be changes so whistle-blowers know they will be heard.

[FinalFurlong91]

If bryony was a top jockey Nicholls would give her way more rides

As it is the only big ride she gets is frodon who is probably the easiest horse to ride in training

She just has to sit on him and let him jump away, you could visibly see the way he accelerated whenever he saw a fence on Saturday

Is bryony a top jockey? No not even close

Id say she’s a decent jockey and wouldn’t think twice if she was down to ride a horse I fancy

I dont believe in male jockeys and female jockeys, they are all just jockeys

Is bryony one of the best, no
Is she one of the worst, definitely not

Id probably rather have her on than Harry Skelton for instance

[Marlingford]

Frodon seems to have improved a lot since Bryony became his main rider. That may well be in part because she has developed such a good understanding with the horse. The end result may be that this makes him look like an easy ride now, but I wonder if that serves to downplay her role in his success.

[LD73]

She is consistently in the top 20 for the Jockeys Title over the last three seasons since turning professional (averaging a S/R of around 15%) despite having anywhere between 100-300+ rides fewer than most of those above her in the list.

Currently on 18 winners from 83 rides (S/R of 22%) and that puts her in 23rd place with all above her on the list bar Liam Harrison (99) having had over 100+ rides – she is just one of a number of jockeys in the top 20 that given the opportunity are more than capable of riding lots more winners and big winners at that but with the top trainers having retained jockeys it is hard getting on those kind of horses on a regular basis.

For me Bryony does a whole lot more than just sit on them and let them get on with it, you don’t win Ryanair’s/King George’s/Champion Chase’s without being able to judge pace and know when to take a breather and when to kick on – given the horses she is as capable as any of the top jocks.

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