RUSSELL JOINS UP WITH SCUDAMORE

LUCINDA RUSSELL yesterday announced a new chapter for Scotland's most successful jumps stable.

- BY JON LEES

The dual Grand Nationalwinning trainer has been granted a joint licence with former trainer Michael Scudamore (right), son of her partner, the eight-time champion jump jockey Peter Scudamore.

Scudamore Jnr has worked as an assistant at Russell's yard in Kinross for the past two seasons after running his own stable in Herefordshire for 13 years.