Nick Townsend speaks to Lucinda Russell who, along with Peter Scudamore, is gunning for Aintree glory this month

It may be obligatory these days for we in the media to label any seemingly unlikely pairing in the public eye – think Mike Tindall and Zara Phillips or Henrietta Knight and the late Terry Biddlecombe – as The Odd Couple.
Yet, you suspect that Lucinda Russell, whose late father Peter made his fortune in the whisky trade, and the eight-time champion jump jockey Peter Scudamore will never be described with that epithet. If ever the lives of a talented twosome were destined to dovet...