Smart chaser Sam Brown well worth the wait for Tim Frost

Dorset farmer sold his last star jumper more than 40 years ago

Sam Brown: could be a match for the top staying novice chasers

Sam Brown has looked a chaser of some potentialCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

Tim Frost would have owned a contender for major chases some 40 years ago had he not had a greater financial imperative.

Prince Rock, one of the first horses that the Dorset farmer bred, had run up a formidable sequence in point-to-points during the mid-70s before Michael Buckley was to make him an offer he could not refuse.

He was to win some decent prizes over fences in Buckley’s black and white livery, finishing second in both the Welsh National at Chepstow and to the remarkable Tied Cottage in the Irish version.

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Tom PeacockSpecialist writer of the year

Published on 30 December 2020inNews

Last updated 19:07, 30 December 2020

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