Will scudamore Cap off a fine season Andrew Nelis Racing

"This season has been fantastic, and Cloth Cap has been a tremendous thrill to ride. He keeps going from strength to strength and is a very worthy favourite for the race. I am very excited by it all and in any other race he would be much shorter than 4-1."

By Tony Elves

Tuesday 6 April 2021 06:26, UK

The Scudamore name is already etched in Grand National folklore and Tom Scudamore looks to become the latest member of the clan to make his mark when he partners hot favourite Cloth Cap at Aintree on Saturday April 10.

Grandfather Michael won the world's most famous race when partnering Oxo to victory in 1959 and still holds the record for the most consecutive rides in the race (16) while Tom has ridden in the Aintree spectacle 18 times and his best finishing position was when sixth on Vieux Lion Rouge in 2017.

For father and eight-time Champion Jockey Peter, there was to be no Grand National winner in 13 rides in the race but his link with the National stems back to his purchase of 1998 winner Earth Summit with Michael Scudamore when he was assistant to Nigel Twiston-Davies, and he was also instrumental in the training of One For Arthur when that horse landed a famous victory for Lucinda Russell in 2017.

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