Jimmy Frost

It hasn't always looked like this. Frost has been training for four years, since 2021, and last season the yard was winning roughly 1 in every 11 races — not a world-beating figure, but a respectable return that showed the operation was finding its feet. This season, that number has dropped to zero from 43 attempts, which is the kind of stat that starts to weigh heavily. Racing is an expensive sport, and a blank season with 43 runners means a lot of entry fees, transport costs, and early mornings for no prize money coming back through the door.

The most telling number in the yard's recent record is the partnership with jockey Charlie Deutsch. Ten rides together, zero wins. Deutsch is an experienced jockey at this level, so the drought can't be pinned on a lack of quality in the saddle. That tends to point back to the horses themselves, or to bad luck with timing and conditions — though at some point, ten blanks with your most regular jockey becomes a pattern rather than a coincidence.

The horse Frost has turned to most often is Vengeance, ridden in three races without success. With a small yard, a horse like that often becomes central to the whole operation's momentum, so three fruitless outings together will have been frustrating to watch unfold.

The honest truth is that a 0-from-43 season is rough by any measure. But four years is still early in a training career, and plenty of yards have weathered a barren spell before clicking back into form. The question now is whether this is a temporary dip or something that needs a more fundamental rethink about the horses coming through the yard.