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Michael Scudamore senior (born 1932/33[1]) is a former National Hunt jockey and trainer, who rode a winner in each of the sport's three biggest steeplechases - the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and King George VI Chase during his career.
Career
editJockey
editScudamore experienced major success in the 1956 King George VI Chase on Peter Cazalet's Rose Park, a 100-6 shot who beat more fancied stable companion Devon Loch[2]. The following year he went on to take the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Linwell[2]. However, his biggest win as a jockey came in the 1959 Grand National when he rode the Willie Stephenson trained bay gelding Oxo to victory by one-and-a-half lengths from Wyndburgh.[1]. Besides this success, Scudamore also holds the record for most consecutive rides in the Grand National, a sequence of 16, starting in 1951, when he fell at the first on a horse called Easter A Calling, and ending in 1966[1].
Retirement as a jockey was forced upon him aged 34 due to head injuries sustained in a fall at Wolverhampton. During his career he had won all the top jumps races bar the Champion Hurdle[2]. His last win before officially retiring was on Gay Record at Wye in 1966, although he returned to win a celebrity race on the flat at Wincanton in 1998[2] while in his sixties.
Trainer
editScudamore took out a trainer's licence soon after his retirement and trained for nearly thirty years, until 1996. He then took to riding out several times a week for Nigel Twiston-Davies[2]
In 2005, he took out his licence once again and trained at Eccleswall Court. During this time the yard had a few big wins including Heltornic at Wetherby and Haydock, and The Wicketkeeper winning a listed race at Ascot.[3]. His grandson, Michael Jr, took over the trainers licence from in April 2008.[4]
Family
editScudamore is also the head of one of the most notable dynasties in British horse racing.
His son Peter was eight-time champion jump jockey and his grandsons Tom and Michael Jr are both horsemen - Tom is a distinguished National Hunt jockey and Michael a trainer[1].
Scudamore's father was also an amateur rider in the 1940s.[2]
Michael still helps out at the yard of Michael Jr, near Ross-on-Wye, in Herefordshire, although he stopped riding out in 2007[1].
| Michael Scudamore | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Former jockey and trainer |
| Born | 1932-33 |
| Major racing wins | |
| Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup, King George VI Chase | |
| Significant horses | |
| Oxo | |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Henderson, Jon (3 April 2009). "Tom Scudamore carries the weight of family tradition into the Grand National". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Owen, Garry (25 May 2002). "Where are they now? Michael Scudamore". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "Employee Spotlight". Scudamore Racing. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "Employee Spotlight". Scudamore Racing. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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