Rare visitor Bryony Frost set to light up Exeter on Haldon Cup day at the Devon track's biggest meeting of the year
The glitz and glam of Del Mar and Flemington are but a distant memory as we trade sunshine for clouds at Exeter on Friday.
A lack of rain across Britain has left clerks battling to maintain good conditions, but the Devon track has still attracted plenty of talent for its biggest raceday of the year, headlined by the BetMGM Haldon Gold Cup (2.25).
You will not find a horse with the crowd appeal of City Of Troy or Vauban at Exeter, but for the course's sole Graded race of the year they have managed to attract some star power in the form of Bryony Frost, who rides in Britain for the first time since August.
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