'We'll have to see about the Supreme' - Hansard camp hopeful of booking Cheltenham festival ticket

'We'll have to see about the Supreme' - Hansard camp hopeful of booking Cheltenham ticket

Hansard (left) and Rubaud head the market for the Grade 2 Dovecote

The Dovecote is seen as a trial for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, but it has little impact on Cheltenham these days and Hansard is the only horse running who is entered in the festival opener.

However, the Grade 2 can produce a star and Gary Moore, who trains Hansard, knows all about that as he saddled subsequent Champion Chase hero Sire De Grugy to win this race in 2011.

In Hansard, he has an unbeaten hurdler who is a general 40-1 for the Supreme, which was last landed by a Dovecote winner in 1992 when Flown struck for Nicky Henderson.

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James BurnLambourn correspondent

Published on 24 February 2023inPreviews

Last updated 18:00, 24 February 2023

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15:40 Kempton

Sky Bet Dovecote Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race)7 ran

1st
4Rubaud
11/4
2nd
6Mullenbeg
7/1
3rd
5Ukantango
7/2