Scu misses National

Barry Geraghty has come in for the ride on Or Noir De Somoza in Saturday’s John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree after original jockey Tom Scudamore suffered a dislocated shoulder in a fall on Friday.

Scudamore was partnering The Giant Bolster in the Mildmay Novices’ Chase and took a heavy tumble when the gelding came down at the fifth fence.

The jockey was taken to Fazakerley Hospital and to add insult to injury, he missed a winning ride on Battle Group in the John Smith’s smithythehorse.com Handicap Hurdle.