Binocular set for Hurricane showdown

Binocular will clash with Hurricane Fly at Punchestown next month after connections confirmed the seven-year-old on course for the Rabobank Champion Hurdle on May 6.

Trained by Nicky Henderson, the seven-year-old Binocular was forced to miss his defence of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham won by Hurricane Fly as treatment for an allergy had not cleared his system in time.