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Main picture and inset, Frodon, a son of the late Nickname, gallops to an unexpected Grade 1 King George VI Chase victory under regular jockey Bryony Frost, and, bottom inset, Bravemansgame takes the Grade 1 Challow Hurdle. He is out of Genifique, a mare by Nickname
RODON’S THRILLING all-theway success in the King George at Kempton provided not only a Christmas racing highlight for jockey Bryony Frost and racing fans but served as a reminder of how great a loss his sire Nickname’s early death was to NH breeding. French breeder Philippe Gasdoue sent his homebred Country Reel filly Miss Country, a winner over hurdles on her final start at three, to Nickname for her first covering in what was the young stallion’s third and final season at stud. The resulting foal was Frodon, now a nine-year-old, and the best of Miss Country’s four foals to run so far. She also has a four-year-old Great Pretender gelding named Paolo, and he made a winning debut over hurdles at Fontainebleu, exactly a month before
Frodon nicked it The son of Nickname stole Kempton’s Christmas highlight, and the late French sire gained further honours in the New Year period as a Grade 1-winning damsire, writes Aisling Crowe 22
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