Boilover! Put The Kettle On springs Arkle surprise for De Bromhead and Coleman

Never mind putting the kettle on, as the champagne corks were soon to be popped after a poignantly and well-named mare representing a small-scale set of owners showed just why Henry de Bromhead said she had the heart of a lion with a game and brave Racing Post Arkle triumph.

De Bromhead was also represented by Gigginstown House Stud's 5-2 favourite Notebook, but he managed only a dim sixth as his stablemate Put The Kettle On fended off the JP McManus-owned Fakir D'oudairies under Aidan Coleman.

The orange and black silks of the One For Luck Racing Syndicate are nowhere near as famous as the McManus or Gigginstown livery, but they were toasted as the six-year-old produced a throw-back victory for a set of connections not among jumping's superpowers.

When Put The Kettle won at Cheltenham in November, John Dermody had enjoyed such a good weekend that his voice had departed.

It was present for this, but that might have been temporary.

"My voice was gone that day, but this is special," he beamed. "Henry said she deserved her place in the field, as a course-and-distance winner, but we always thought she needed better ground, although we came over in November and she handled it then.

"She gets two and a half miles so we were going to be prominent, but if they were going to go mad we'd sit in.

Watch Put The Kettle On capture the Arkle in fine style

"There was more hope than confidence, but we're delighted. We'll have a good night tonight, as we had in November."

Dermody owns the daughter of Stowaway with his mother Mary - "who could drink tea for Ireland" - and brother Michael and Keith Fielden.

"My dad Jim passed away two years ago and my mam is a great tea drinker," he went on. "So when she'd go out, she'd ring home and Dad would always say, 'Put the kettle on. Your mam's on her way'.

"My uncle Tom was involved in buying the horse as well and he passed away a month before my dad, so it means a lot.

"Just to be here is amazing and to have a winner of the Arkle is unbelievable."

Over from Kilkenny for the night with an Airbnb in Gloucester booked, Michael Dermody expected his brother to run to form later and recalled that November victory in an Arkle trial.

He said: "John couldn't speak then but you won't shut him up now, although he won't have his voice tomorrow!

"Everything went to plan and her preparation was perfect. I thought she won easily enough; it's amazing. We only have one horse and this is beyond our wildest dreams. It's great for Henry too, who is some man for training a horse over a fence, while Aidan gave her a great ride; he's a fantastic jockey."

Put The Kettle and Aidan Coleman head for home in the Racing Post ArkleCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

De Bromhead was also thrilled with Put The Kettle On, the first mare since Anaglogs Daughter in 1980 to win the Arkle.

He might have seemed less enamoured with the prospect of joining the Dermodys for what promised to be a thrills-and-spills night to remember.

"We'll see," said the trainer, earning his second Arkle win after Sizing Europe in 2010.

"We'll certainly do a bit of celebrating, but I've got a busy week and have got to be careful.

"They look like they could get a bit dangerous."

Gloucester, you were warned.

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