Keeninsky is by the Jade Hunter mare  So Keen. So Keen a very fast race filly, trained on to win 10 races, including 3 at 2. So Keen’s crowning moment came when winning the 1993 Group 2 AJC Surround Stakes 1400m in 1.22.4 at Warwick Farm.

Keeninsky’s second dam So Soon (by So Vain) also had a brilliant turn of foot, winning 3 times at 1200, 1300m and setting a 1300m track record at Pukekohe. So Soon’s dam Golden was a winner at 2 in Australia and is by Faringdom a full brother to Todman and Noholme.