BRYONY Frost is hoping to ride her luck on Wiltshire hopeful Milansbar in Saturday's Randox Grand National at Aintree.

Frost will be having her first spin in the big race following a landmark season that included Grade One success at Christmas as she teams up with Milansbar, trained by Neil King at Burderop, near Wroughton.

Milansbar is following in the hoofprints of last year's winner One For Arthur after claiming the Classic Chase at Warwick on what has been his only start with Frost in the plate.

It will be the 189th running of the world's greatest steeplechase, but while a female rider has yet to pass the post first Frost said: "He's intelligent, he decides what to do with his stride.

"He would be more tentative than brave, which is exactly what you need because a brave horse could land on top of it.

"As long as he's thinking for me and I can keep him happy and in a rhythm, then (you need) a lot of luck and you can see where you go. You have to be on the same page and that's what gives you so much of the buzz.

"We're all up there with the same chance - it doesn't matter if you're 100-1 or the favourite - you've all got to go on the same ground over the same fences and hope for the best of luck."

Frost is no stranger to the National obstacles, having finished fourth in the Foxhunters' last year, and she can also draw upon the experience of her father Jimmy, who won the race in 1989 on Little Polveir.

She said: "It's a massive plus for me (to talk to her father) because Dad has been there and knows what it takes. He can talk me through all of the strides and the fences, what happens and what to look out for and try to tick the right boxes

"A few people have done it (won on first ride), Dad did it so that's not a history-breaking moment. I just concentrate on myself and the horse.

"Whatever happens, I know I need luck and I will go out there and try to do my best. What would it mean to win? I don't know because I've never experienced a feeling like it.

"I'd be the luckiest person on earth in that moment and if it happens, come and ask me and I'll tell you how it feels."