But seriously, Wayne s always had a good feel for those kind of horses. He trains horses that can take a lot of training. I ve seen him take some good horses and make them better by doing that. Wayne deserves all the credit for this horse s success, nobody else. He just took him under his wing and trained him hard, and the horse just thrived on more racing and more training.
Some horses can t handle that.
So Charismatic enjoys a standardbred s racing schedule. He won the Derby and the Preakness after two-week intervals. Wayne told me the horse is feeling awful good, which is good enough for me. Personally, I think three weeks will be great, because he ll get two works in between and that should be good enough. Bob and Beverly Lewis must have known something when they named this enigmatic colt.