KYC Contributor Archive
Kerry Thomas
Profile: Hansen
Hansen needs a target to make him his most powerful.
Profile: Take Charge Indy
Take Charge Indy is a horse who will need things to break perfectly to win the Derby.
Profile: Alpha
When Alpha finds his comfort zone, the athlete comes out.
Profile: Daddy Long Legs
The simple fact is Daddy Long Legs didn’t like his experience at Churchill Downs.
Profile: Liaison
Liaison seems happiest in traffic, running next to other horses in a herd.
Profile: Mark Valeski
The key for this horse will be to keep him under emotional control during the early parts of the race.
Profile: Rousing Sermon
Rousing Sermon is a better horse than he is being given credit for.
Profile: Sabercat
Sabercat does reasonably well at a lot of things, but he’s not a powerhouse.
Profile: Daddy Nose Best
Daddy Nose Best appears to be a classic buddy-up horse.
Profile: Prospective
Prospective has shown some development at age 3, but not enough to win this race.
Kerry Thomas is a groundbreaking researcher of behavioral genetics in horses. He created emotional conformation profiling, which measure’s the mental and emotional capacities of the equine. Horse owners around the world use him to profile and unlock the minds of their horses both in training and pre-purchase evaluations. Thomas’ work in the field of equine behavioral genetics has pioneering applications in all the sport horse industries, including Thoroughbred racing and breeding.