{{Short description|English jockey (1932-2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox horseracing personality | honorific_prefix = | name = Michael Scudamore | honorific_suffix = | image = The horse Oxo and jockey Michael Scudamore.jpg | image_size = <!-- DISCOURAGED per WP:IMGSIZE. Use image_upright. --> | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Scudamore on [[Oxo (horse)|Oxo]] in 1959 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | full_name = | other_names = | nickname = | occupation = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|07|17|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|07|07|1932|07|17|df=y}} | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = English | spouse = | children = [[Peter Scudamore]] | height = <!-- {{convert|x|ft|y|in|m|2|abbr=on}} or {{convert|x|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- use if weight_lbs is not appropriate --> | career winnings = | career wins = | race = 1956 [[King George VI Chase]]<br />1957 [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]]<br />[[1959 Grand National]] | awards = | honors = <!--or |honours= --> | memorials = | horses = Rose Park<br />Linwell<br />[[Oxo (horse)|Oxo]] | website = | module = }} '''Michael Scudamore''' (17 July 1932 &ndash; 7 July 2014) was an English [[National Hunt racing]] jockey in the 1950s and 1960s. He rode in 16 consecutive [[Grand National]]s, with one win on [[Oxo (horse)|Oxo]] in 1959. He also rode Linwell, the winner of the 1957 Gold Cup.

His riding career ended in 1966, due to serious injuries from a fall on a chance ride on Snakestone at [[Wolverhampton Racecourse|Wolverhampton]] where he sustained multiple fractures, a collapsed lung and over 90% vision loss in one eye.<ref name="Career ending fall">{{Cite book | last =Biddlecombe | first =Terry | title =Winner's Disclosure | year =1982 | publisher =Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd | isbn =0-09-147550-3 | page =118}}</ref> Scudamore then continued as a trainer.

He was the father of [[Peter Scudamore]] and the grandfather of [[Tom Scudamore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10953978/Michael-Scudamore-obituary.html|title=Michael Scudamore - obituary|date=July 8, 2014|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

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