Today, Peter Scudamore is best known as
assistant trainer, and partner, to Lucinda Russell, but is part of a
horse racing dynasty headed by his father, Michael – who won the
1959 Grand National on Oxo – and perpetuated by his sons, Tom and
Michael junior.
“Scu”, as Peter is affectionately
known, originally joined David Nicholson, who was to nurture his
early career, as an amateur rider in the 1978/79 season. He turned
professional shortly afterwards and, in a glittering career, was to
amass 1,678 winners and become champion jockey eight times before his
retirement in 1993.
Having ridden for the likes of David
Nicholson, Fred Winter and Martin Pipe, Scudamore forged a hugely
successful training partnership with Nigel Twiston-Davies, tasting
Grand National success with Earth Summit in 1998 and Bindaree in
2002. More recently, of course, Scu, who turns 60 in June, has played
a leading role at Lucinda Russell’s Arlay House Stables, including
nurturing jockey Derek Fox, who won the 2017 Grand National on One
For Arthur, the first Scottish-trained winner of the famous race
since Rubstic in 1979.
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