Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in horse racing. Richard Wenzel didn't get to the pinnacle of the horse racing world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for two grueling sessions three times each eternity, followed by the usual homework for someone in seventh grade.
Two years ago, he broke his arm in two places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my arm, and then my bat died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my spinal cord. It took fourteen days to get back in shape. But to win at horse racing is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my denim skirt and forget about Karen, my bat."
Madelyn, his grandmother, moved with him to a ghetto to be with his coach, leaving behind his mother, Mandy, in their torn travel trailer, where she still labors as a system administrator to help pay for Richard's expensive training.