Wendigo has been a star for Racing Club since joining Jamie Snowden, winning two of his three bumper races before excelling over hurdles. He notably finished runner-up in the Grade 1 Challow Novices’ Hurdle at Newbury and then ran a gallant fifth in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at The Cheltenham Festival.
After an excellent season over hurdles, Wendigo has continued to progress even further over fences. He produced a superb performance to win the Grade 2 John Francome Novices’ Chase at Newbury, scoring by two lengths in front of hundreds of his owners. It was a display that firmly marked him out as an exciting chaser with a big future at the very highest level of jumps racing. He then finished a gallant third in the Grade 1 Kauto Star Novices’ Chase at Kempton on his final start of 2025. His seasonal target is a return to the sport’s biggest stage: the Cheltenham Festival, with the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase firmly in his sights.
Trained by multiple Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer Jamie Snowden, Wendigo also holds the accolade of being the first RC Syndicate winner, following his bumper success at Hexham in November 2023. He followed that up with a win under a penalty at Catterick, and later returned with a highly promising second on hurdles debut at Hexham, where the front two pulled 17 lengths clear of the rest.
Jamie was confident he would improve for going over hurdles .In his next three races, Wendigo won twice and finished second in the Grade 1 Challow Novices’ Hurdle. His only finish outside the top two came when fifth in the Grade 1 Albert Bartlett, where he was hampered at a crucial stage.
A striking gelding, Wendigo boasts an impressive pedigree. He’s by Great Pretender, sire of multiple Grade 1 winners such as Greaneteen and Benie Des Dieux, and he’s showing every sign of following suit.
“He’s a classy individual, one we were really careful to manage through his bumper and novice hurdle year because I always felt deep down his novice chase season was going to be really crucial. I think without the interference in the Albert Bartlett he would have been third. On the back of that, the temptation was Aintree or Punchestown, but I just knew that this was going to be his year so I didn’t want to go to the well too often as a novice hurdler. We always we thought we would see the best of him over fences, and he’s proving that now.” – Trainer Jamie Snowden
There are a maximum of 4,000 shares available in Wendigo, each share purchased equates to 0.025% share holding in Wendigo.
The syndicate term for Wendigo will end on 31st August 2026.
You will be a shareholder within RC Syndicate I.
