K‘efl‘nly Arsenault 
     
     Driving Consistenqi' 
     
    

    
     enny Arsenault had specific goals 
     
    

    
     each year. Once. alter what he 
     
    

    
     might consider an ol‘l‘ year. he 
     
     explained. "I would like to get back on 
     
     top again and win the most dashes won 
     
     category at the Charlottetown Driving 
     
     Park.” In Ztltttl. he won the trainer award 
     
     for his first time. He really relished the 
     
     idea ol‘ winning both awards in the same 
     
     year. His competitive nature also had 
     
     him thinking about Old Home \\"eek 
     
     awards for top percentage driver. 'l‘hese 
     
     were lol‘ty but attainable goals; however. 
     
     Kenny realized that his rivals were talent» 
     
     ed and determined. It always produced 
     
     .1 very interesting and competitive season 
     
    
   
   
    
     ol‘ racing on Prince lidward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This Charlottetown native wasnt kidding 
     
     when he stated that he got involved with 
     
     horse racing because. “It was in my 
     
     genes." I’lis‘ lather. Alfred had brothers. 
     
     Aloe. lack and Reg who were involved in 
     
     the game. His mother. litta was the sister 
     
     ol ‘loe Hennessey and many instantly 
     
     knew the involvement ol this lamilv with 
     
     the standardbreds Indeed. heredity and 
     
     talent were instrumental in determining 
     
     that harness racing would become a way 
     
     ol lile for Kenny Arsenault. At age live. a 
     
     youngster sat on loe Arsenault‘s lap and 
     
    
   
   
    
     they jogged a horse lorloe llennessey at 
     
    
   
   
    
     _loe Arsenault. liric 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Photo: (iail MacDonald 
     
     the Charlottetown Driving Park. This 
     
     was Kenny's initiation and his earliest 
     
     memory ol~ involvement with horses. It 
     
     was his uncle ‘loe that he would hang 
     
     around with at the track when the oppor— 
     
     tunity arose. As he got older. he would 
     
     muck. walk. jog and train horses while 
     
     working lor his uncle. 'l‘he lirst horse he 
     
     ever trained for _loe was Bruce 
     
     .\IacDonald's A/lmz Ira. Kenny was 12 at 
     
     the time and Aloe asked him to train a mile 
     
     in 2:6, Kenny and Allan lm went in 
     
     full) and the youngster was alraid coming 
     
     back oil the track because he went 53 
     
     seconds too slow. .\'ot to worry because 
     
     he had a very understanding teacher. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ;\s a youngster. he learned his trade from 
     
     very talented horsemen at the (LDP. like 
     
     [\1oreside. _loe 
     
     llennessey. Alohn “Buddy" (Iampbell and 
     
     Darrell l’oulton. lle remeinl')ered that 
     
     l'ncle _loe always kept himsell and his 
     
     stable clean and tidy. 'l‘he harness would 
     
     be cleaned before and alter a race as 
     
     would the jog carts and bikes llorses 
     
     would be properly and carelully put 
     
     away alter jogging. training or racing. He 
     
     would isolate and carelully watch _]oe dri— 
     
     ving a race to see what moves and strat— 
     
    
   
   
    
     egy would be employed. 
     
    
   
   
    
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