Kenann makes it look easy

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33794, 17 March 1975, Page 8

Kenann makes it look easy

(‘‘The Press’’ Special Service) WELLINGTON. The Takanini colt Kenann ; laid strong claims on Satur-. day to being the top three-year-old this season when he ran away with the New Zealand St Leger Stakes over 2800 metres at Trentham. Up until Saturday Kenann’s biggest win was in the Wellington Derby. He finished a well beaten ninth in the New’ Zealand Derby at Ellerslie, won by Mansingh. The win was the fourth in a short career for Kenann which has had 18 starts. A w’eek before the St Leger he convincingly beat a field of class one and two horses in the President’s Handicap. On that run he was made a very u’arm favourite in the St Leger. Raced by Mrs Ann Neilsen and her son Mr Ken Howard, Kenann took his stake earhings on Saturday on to $32,545. After considering a start in the Star’s Travel Invitation Stakes at Tauranga next week his connections have decided to put him out for a week and freshen him for the $15,000 Avondale Championship Stakes for three-year-olds at the end of April. For Noel Harris it was a great; day. Before scoring an easy w’in on Kenann he had an armchair ride on Nuriootpa in the rich Wakefield Challenge Stakes. He also had close seconds on both Fort Hagen in the Chalmers Stakes and Grey Way in the Hutt Handicap. Ttfe St Leger was also a great triumph for Oakland studmaster.

(Sam Brosnan. Brosnan not only; ; stands St Puckle. the sire of: ; Kenann, but also Archaracle, sire; |of the third horse in the St; j Leger, Karu. In addition he bred i ' both horses himself. Kenann settled well off the i pace in the St Leger and imI proved to mid-field on the outside as they came across the 1 top. 'Once in the straight Kenann soon asserted his superiority s and raced aw r ay for a comfort- • able w’in bv two lengths and a 1 half. i Dorando. the outsider but one - battled on solidly for second and he just held out the spirited bid i of Karu by a nose, with Baltic i Star plugging on for fourth three • lengths away. “I must have travelled along; > that rail like the Upper Hutt - unit.” were Des Wyatt’s w’ords i i as he described his experience in - the Wakefield Challenge Stakes; from his home in Auckland ves1 ter day. , Wyatt escaped serious injury s when his mount. Jocasta. which was leading at the time, crashed i into the running rail throw’ing i him on to the fence. c Wyatt w-as yesterday nursing ’ a badly swollen knee and thigh ’ and bruising to a forearm and •’ shoulder. He added that he w r as ; getting around on crutches to ‘ save putting weight on the knee. f The race resulted in an effortless win for the Awanuni colt .. Nuriootpa. raced by Mr G. D. Cameron, a retired farmer now » living at Loburn. i Nuriootpa avoided trouble and. s after challenging Delhi Khan, t raced away for a four length win Delhi Khan held second t from Battle Fury, with Guest . Artist and Vale next. <