Desmond Kenneally

The brightest light in Kenneally's record so far is his partnership with Pray Tell. Three wins from 15 races together — that's 1 in every 5 races the pair have combined for — is a genuinely meaningful number, and suggests that when Kenneally knows a horse well and has time to develop a relationship with it, results follow. That kind of partnership, a trainer and a single horse building up a real understanding over fifteen attempts, is exactly the sort of story that keeps small operations going through the lean spells. Pray Tell has essentially been the yard's flagship, and three wins from it is something to build on.

The next twelve months will be telling. Kenneally is past the point of being completely new to the job — three years in, he should have a clearer sense of what works for his horses and what doesn't. Whether more horses start performing the way Pray Tell has will determine whether this yard starts showing up in the results more regularly.