H. Scott Thomson writes: “I hung up my suit and put away the briefcase from my years consulting, then tossed the gym bag full of hoops gear into the closet back in 2003, after several national championships playing for the Olympic Club in San Francisco, to start a long journey into a world I knew nothing about—training horses. Turns out, I was pretty good at it. After studying with some of the top horsemen in the country and being labeled a natural, I’ve spent 20 years training hundreds of horses and riders of all ages in the art of natural horsemanship. I’ve even had the chance to work with some mustangs right off the range. My wife and I live in Silver City, New Mexico, in a little ranch that backs up to three million acres of National Forest. For the past 10 years I’ve written a column about horses for our local paper, which has been picked up by some national horse publications. It’s all been intellectually and physically rewarding, but the old saying ‘I know there’s money in horses because I put it there’ still holds true. It’s been great to see the Sports Foundation still going strong after my years as the founding executive director back in the early ’80s. Hope to make it back for our 50th—if I saddle up now, I might be there in time.” Contact Scott at [email protected].
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