Haydock date for Truckers Tavern

Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Truckers Tavern will make his seasonal reappearance over timber at Haydock on Saturday.

Ferdy Murphy’s eight-year-old is on course to run in the White Lodge Handicap Hurdle over two miles and six furlongs at the Merseyside track, before tackling the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase the following weekend.