Trucker repeats lightweight success

A VIRTUAL ‘Groundhog Day’ type scenario repeated itself at yesterday’s Dungarvan Harriers point-to-point meeting at Affane as Jimmy Mangan’s Rudi Trucker repeated his success of 12 months ago in the open lightweight.

Rudi Trucker (5/2), once again partnered by the evergreen Damian Murphy, made all the running. Whilst runner-up Island Peak held every chance at the third last, the eventual winner skipped clear after the penultimate of the 13 obstacles. Rudi Trucker was well and truly in command when a trifle slow at the final fence and he still came home with four length to spare over last season’s triple victor Island Peak whilst Sky’s The Limit secured the minor honours, a further neck adrift.

With handler Mangan on duty at Cork races, Kay Moroney of the Conna Enclosure Syndicate reported of Rudi Trucker: “This horse got injured after winning a hunters chase at Thurels back in January. We think that he will improve a lot from this race and he will go back hunter chasing now.”