Handlethekettle is an impressive seven-year-old gelding in training with Jamie Snowden in Upper Lambourn. Having made a promising hurdles debut in the summer, he made a winning start to his Racing Club career at Worcester and is now 4-6 over hurdles, including a dominant win on his handicap hurdle debut.
He has a striking pedigree, having been sired by the three-time Arc runner-up Youmzain, who amassed over £3.3 million in prize money during his five-year career. His dam Tooreen was a three-time winner herself too, and his half-brother Curley Finger is a five-time winner over hurdles, so he certainly has the pedigree to suggest he could have a big future ahead of him.
Having fallen in both point-to-point racing, he put in a much more assured round of jumping to finish runner-up on hurdles debut at Listowel in June, pulling well clear of the remainder of the field. The form received a major boost the following month, with the winner running out a decisive winner next time out at the Galway Festival, in the same race that two-time Grade 1 winner Mystical Power won 12 months earlier.
After moving to Jamie Snowden’s yard, he made a winning stable debut at Worcester, making all and finishing a comfortable winner under an assured ride from jockey Gavin Sheehan. Handlethekettle then stepped up to Grade 2 company in the Persian War Novices’ Hurdle, finishing fifth – just over six lengths behind the well-fancied Ryan’s Rocket. His most recent run saw him run out a game winner of a Class 2 Handicap Hurdle at Worcester, where his front-running tactics were again used to good effect to make all and win convincingly.
“He looks a really exciting horse, with a decent pedigree. He has been a prolific winner and just loves winning races, winning four of his seven starts for us. We are looking forward to the Silver Trophy at Chepstow, where he will hopefully have a chance of winning a big pot. There is plenty of fun to have with him and he is ultimately a winning machine.” (Trainer Jamie Snowden).
Handlethekettle has already given us plenty of great days and we’re sure there are plenty more to come still. We have high ambitions for him and we’re looking forward to watching his career continue to flourish under master trainer Jamie Snowden.
There are 2,500 shares available in Handlethekettle, each share purchased equates to 0.04% share holding in Handlethekettle.
The syndicate term for Handlethekettle will end on 30th September 2027.
You will be a shareholder within RC Syndicate VIII.
