Tom Scudamore rides favourite Cloth Cap in Saturday’s Grand National, aiming to extend an amazing family record in the race which his grandfather Michael won on Oxo in 1959.
Tom’s champion jockey father Peter finished third on Corbiere in 1985 but he has been involved in training three winners.
Racing Correspondent Marcus Townend got Tom and father Peter together.
MARCUS TOWNEND: What are your earliest Grand National memories?
Peter Scudamore: It is a race that has been ingrained in us since the day we could both walk.
Tom Scudamore: The first National I went to was 1988 when dad fell on Strands Of Gold at Becher’s Brook. It was always an enormous disappointment after that. My brother Michael and I would go up to Aintree so excited. We just assumed dad would win because he was champion jockey.