Nick Townsend talks to Peter Scudamore

Aman who is as well read as he was impeccably bred for his careers in and out of the saddle, Peter Scudamore admits to an appreciation for these words of George Orwell:
“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, ealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.”
This character who was an eight-time champion jump jockey, seven of them in succession between 1985-1992, swiftly assures you: “That’s tongue in cheek, but it’s the way I wa...