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Every Thoroughbred Deserves a Chance to Win at Life

We’re counting down the days to the 2016 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, organized by the Retired Racehorse Project (RRP), a nonprofit dedicated to the placement of ex-racehorses in second careers, and sponsored by Thoroughbred Charities of America. You can join thousands of others who believe that every Thoroughbred deserves a chance to win at…

October 20, 2016
Racing Against Wild Boars in Spain and Why We’re Lucky to Have Both Western and Cowboy Dressage: An Interview with TSB Author Jessica Black

“Cowboy Dressage is really starting to take hold,” says Reining Hall of Fame Inductee Jack Brainard, and this, according to Brainard and renowned author and father of imprint training Dr. Robert Miller, is a good thing—for people and horses. Care for the horse’s welfare is part of what’s making Cowboy Dressage a success: “[People] are…

December 15, 2015
Wall Street Journal Features TSB Author and “Horse Detective” Kerry Thomas

As we prepare for the Run for the Roses tomorrow, May 2, 2015, many are considering which horse to choose as the next great-hearted champion of the historic Churchill Downs. One very familiar to this subject is Kerry Thomas, creator of the Thomas Herding Technique and co-author of HORSE PROFILING with Calvin Carter. Kerry has…

May 1, 2015
Kerry Thomas and Calvin Carter, Coauthors of HORSE PROFILING, Provide Their Picks for the the 2014 Kentucky Derby

On Saturday, May 3, 2014—“The First Saturday in May”—a field of three-year-old Thoroughbreds will thunder through a mile-and-a-quarter at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. This will mark the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby, a horse race that has been run every year since it was started in May of 1875. For the past…

April 30, 2014
Reviewer Says HORSE PROFILING Will Help Owners, Trainers, and Breeders Bring Out the Best in Their Horses

TSB was pleased to read the following new review of HORSE PROFILING by Kerry Thomas and Calvin Carter: “Basic instinct can never be removed or altered entirely as it represents the horse’s survival mechanism.” As a pioneer in the field of Equine Athletic Psychology, Kerry Thomas—aided by Calvin L. Carter, a pedigree analyst and freelance…

May 24, 2013
TSB Authors of HORSE PROFILING Analyze the 2013 Kentucky Derby Field

The world is revving up for the 139th Run for the Roses—that first Saturday in May when greatness is sought and horses again hold the nation’s attention for a few heart-and-ground-pounding minutes. Last year, TSB featured author Kerry Thomas’ analysis of the 2012 Derby field, when he and his HORSE PROFILING: THE SECRET TO MOTIVATING…

May 2, 2013