Bryony Frost makes flying return but is thriving in new French home

Bryony Frost says the schedule in France is better – ‘you race for three days and then you have two days off’. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

A familiar face made a fleeting return to the weighing room to Ascot on Friday as the multiple Grade One-winning jockey Bryony Frost paid a flying visit from her new home in France. While her French has not improved significantly after 18 months riding there, her way with words remains intact.

“I spoke no French when I arrived [in mid-2024],” Frost said before the first of her two rides, which finished third and eighth, “and I still don’t now. It’s not something that comes naturally to me. But luckily the horses, they speak the language of feeling, so that’s good news for me.”