NOT before time, the quality of female jockeys is being acknowledged throughout British racing. Bryony Frost enjoyed another splendid afternoon as Frodon won the big handicap chase, while Lizzie Kelly rode a fine finish on Agrapart, who outlasted Wholestone in the Grade 2 galliardhomes.com Cleeve Hurdle.

A minute’s silence was observed following the death of trainer Richard Woollacott at only 40 earlier in the week. It would have been a perfect result if his Beer Goggles, a shock winner at Newbury, had been able to make all the running again but he hung right for much of the way and weakened.