Dovecote form could be worth following – plus a Philip Hobbs dark horse for Cheltenham

It could pay to follow Dovecote form Tripoli Flyer completed a hat-trick when winning the Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle at Kempton on Saturday and it could pay to follow the form of the Grade 2 contest. The winner was positioned towards the rear early in a race run at a strong pace and his jumping took a while to warm up, but after getting to the lead two out he powered clear on the run-in for a seven-and-a-half-length success. He appears to have a big engine and with improvement in his jumping the Fergal O’Brien-trained six-year-old could develop into a Grade…