Bryony Frost: Last-minute change of plan on Frodon won’t stop us bounding to victory in Badger Beer for Paul Nicholls

I HOPE to be raising a toast to my old pal Frodon after the Badger Beer Chase.

I’m always like a kid on Christmas Eve before I get back on him after the summer break.

Since this time last year the plan had been to go over to Northern Ireland to defend his title at Down Royal.

But the weather there has been grim and the ground will be verging on heavy.

So it would have been a waste of time taking Frodon over there – he hates soft ground, it takes his enjoyment out of it.