Horse racing-Scudamore can be the real McCoy – Champion (Reuters)
By Ian Chadband LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) – Bob Champion, the rider who produced the most outlandish Grand National story of them all, believes Tom Scudamore will take the reins from Tony McCoy as Britain’s next jump jockey hero. If he triumphs for a second time it is almost certain to be his last ride in a matchless career that will see him crowned champion jockey for the 20th successive season later this month. Champion said he would finally like to see Richard Johnson, the nearly man who has been runner-up to McCoy on 15 occasions in the race for the riders’ title — it could be 16 by the end of this season — ascend to the throne. “But actually I think the next champion will be Tom Scudamore who is a very good jockey just like his dad.” ‘Dad’ is Peter Scudamore, the eight-times champion who was the McCoy of his day in the late 1980s and early 1990s while Tom’s grandfather Michael also won the National aboard Oxo in 1959.