Trucker looks set for another productive campaign

JIMMY Mangan’s Rudi Trucker indicated that he’s set for another productive hunter chase campaign this season by sluicing home in the lady riders open at yesterday’s North Tipperary Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Nenagh, the only hunt racing fixture to take place over the weekend.

Rudi Trucker (evens — 4/5), a three-time hunter chase scorer that easily won the Affane open on his return to the fray in November, made most of the running with Liz Lalor.

The victorious son of Rudimentary was travelling best when none too clever at the penultimate of the 14 obstacles. Rudi Trucker was soon back on an even keel though and he effortlessly powered clear from the last to beat Outlaw Pete by five lengths with an eight-length gap to the third-placed Optimus Prime.