“He’s what the hardened old heads would call ‘soft’ but I don’t,” Mayle told Racing Queensland.
“He’d been a little injury prone racing on the corners and each time that happened, he lost some confidence.
"He’s a really quiet boy, so that makes sense.”
Mayle never shied from the task of helping Kismet Storm rediscover his happiness and zest for racing, despite others telling her she was fighting a losing battle.
She spent months trying to restore his confidence and gave him one more start in Victoria before he was sent north.
“I had spent time with Bianca Whitford while in Brisbane for the Young Guns with Kuro Kismet and I knew what their set-up was like and how relaxed the atmosphere was,” Mayle said.
“I was speaking to Bianca one day and she made a comment along the lines of ‘send him here for a sea change’.
“I said ‘if you’re serious, I’ll send him in a flash’.”
After settling in at the Whitford kennel, Kismet Storm quickly found his groove.
He lined up for his first Queensland start in last Sunday’s Tommy Hoyland Heat and beat home the well-backed Shot The Sheriff by 1.5 lengths.
“It’s exciting … imagine if we’d done this a few months earlier,” Mayle said, referring to Kismet Storm potentially contesting the National Straight Track Championship.
“But most of all, I’m excited that he can find joy in racing again. I love seeing them race when they love it … nothing beats that.
“I’m so thankful to Bianca and the team a Ninetymile for trusting my faith in ‘Khaos’ and taking him on.”
Recent Capalaba Derby winner Fernando Grand has drawn box one for the 366m co-feature, after running a bold race for third in a heat of the Queensland Derby at Albion Park on Thursday.
Second-fastest qualifier Ferocity will jump from box two for trainer Darren Russell, who will be represented in the National Straight Track Final with Deck Fifty Two.