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Emotional Intelligence Part One: The Nature of Leadership
POSTED: August 17, 2022
“The nature of leadership is found within its disposition; it is presence, it is as absorbing of environment as it is influential within it. It...
Bob Baffert transfers Kentucky Derby prospects to ensure they can have a chance to compete for their owners and racing fans
POSTED: March 24, 2022
BOB BAFFERT ANNOUNCES TRANSFER OF MESSIER, DOPPELGANGER, MCLAREN VALE, AND BLACKADDER ARCADIA, CA – March 24, 2022 – World-renowned thoroughbred racehorse trainer Bob Baffert announced...
Understanding the Equine Athlete Beyond the Physical
POSTED: December 14, 2021
The next offering from Past The Wire’s “Author’s Corner” is a fascinating book by herd dynamics and bloodstock expert Kerry Thomas. Observing sentient equines in...
A View from The Hoof Stress, Communication and Performance
POSTED: October 28, 2021
Introduction Where good communication is the foundation of any successful relationship, stress is its antagonist. In athletics, the cornerstone of sustainable performance is predicated upon...
Horses; The Athletes Within- Part 2: The Psychology of Learning
POSTED: June 12, 2021
Introduction How information is delivered, affects how it is received. This is an essential communication rule-of-thumb and in no circumstance more profound than during the...
Horses; The Athletes Within - Herd Dynamic Rhythm
POSTED: April 6, 2021
By Kerry Thomas Nothing inhibits physical talent more than the lack of psychological ability; function and execution, when measured through the lens of competitive stress,...
Racing to Breed
POSTED: December 29, 2020
By Kerry Thomas Herd dynamics play a central role in everything horse, and among the most influential pieces of the puzzle is the significant influence...
Herd Dynamic Nicking
POSTED: October 28, 2020
Introduction; the Herd Dynamic The herd dynamics and their primary function is the cornerstone from which THT Bloodstock has been built, studying them and identifying...
Handicapping with the Herd Dynamics
POSTED: August 5, 2020
Ever since I turned my passion for horse racing and the study of how the psychological athlete impacts physical performance, I started getting asked about...
