Owner / Major Holiday Specialist
Favorite quote: “ Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul." Will Durant Oh
Favorite Movies: National Velevet and Seabiscuit because they are about overcoming adversity. Chariots of Fire is also a good one.
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Favorite cartoon: The news
Fondest memory: Creating “Renaissance School” in Oakland for “at risk teens”.
If you could be any animal, what would you be and why: A cat. No one expects anything from a cat.
First horse: A palomino paint named Banjo.
Favorite snack: Grapes
Favorite flower: Roses, but not red ones.
Favorite job on the ranch: Paying bills. Ha!
Famous last words:”…no matter how well scientists map the brain and uncover the biology of romantic love, they will never destroy the mystery or ecstasy of this passion.” Helen Fisher
Ranch Technician / Aquatic Engineer
Hometown:
San Francisco
Fondest Memory:
Fishing "our" ponds and the streams of Montana with my Grandfather
Favorite cartoon:
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Favorite Lake in SW Montana:
Harrison Lake
What do you do on your days off:
Wakeboarding
Favorite color:
The tint on my aviator sunglasses when I am behind a boat wakeboarding.
If you could be any animal, what would you be and why:
the waterskiing squirrel on Television
Favorite quote:
"Don't touch that! You'll get your fingerprints on it." -Mom and Kale
Crop and Land Manager
Home town Shelley, Idaho
Fondest memory: When I was a little boy I fell out of a tree and broke my femur. I was in a half body cast and got around on a scooter, which was really fun.
Update August 2005. Carrying Lisa to her car after she tore Her ACL.
Favorite Music: Country
Favorite Snack: Coconut Cream Pie
First horse: Smokey a black Quarter horse
Favorite movie: Tombstone
Favorite job on the Ranch: Trying to get the dump truck started with Fred our neighbor.
What do you do on your days off: Fish in our ponds, occasionally using the kids for bait.
Barn Manager and Goose removal Specialist
Hometown: Bozeman, Montana
First horse: Babe a Morgan mare
Favorite snack: Pizza rolls
If you could be any animal what would it be and why: One of Lisa's horses because of the love and care they get on a regular basis.
Favorite Place: Here. It is the closest thing to home and the prettiest place in the town where I grew up.
Favorite job on the Ranch: Chasing the Goose when I am graining the horses.
Favorite Music: Country
Favorite quote: That .....is ginormous. Tyrell invented that for the really big stuff.
Ranch Manager
Hometown:
Red Lodge, MT
Fondest Memory:
Returning home after 4 years in the Marine Corps.
Favorite Quote:
"there is always something keeping you from doing nothing"
Favorite Movies:
8 Seconds, Dances With Wolves
What do you do on your days off:
Hunt, prepare to hunt, prepare dogs and horses to hunt.
If you could be any animal, what would you be and why:
A Bald Eagle because of the good view, good fishing, and freedom
Famous last words:
"The map is not the territory"
Goose terrorist / Barn Cat Midwife
Born: Missoula, Montana
Favorite music: Any song by Clay Walker
Favorite Movie: Pure Country and Hope Floats
Favorite Memory: Fishing with my Grandfather around Sely Lake
Major: Animal Science
First Horse: A black Quarter Horse named Midnight
Favorite snacks: Snicker candy bars
What do you do in your spare time: Watch horse training videos, girls and having a beer.
Favorite job on ranch: Moving the manure pile, working with the foals, grooming the horses and giving Michelle a hard time!
Favorite Quote: You’ll miss 100% of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretzky
Weekend Barn Beautification Expert
Favorite Movie: National Velvet
Favorite Book: The Horse Whisperer
Favorite Job: Playing and sleeping with the babies
Favorite Place and Time: Riding in the hayfeild below Lisa's house at sunset in mid summer.
Future Plans: Major in english equitation at Virginia Intermont then own a show barn and show hunters and jumpers on the east coast.
Hopes: to one day own my own horse and be selected to compete on the Olympic Team.
Horse Specialist / Barn Beautification Technician
Hometown:
Eau Claire, WI
Favorite color:
Montana sky blue
First horse:
Tulip, a flaxen chestnut Morgan mare (1991).
Favorite quote:
"Hell of a place to loose a cow." Ed Abbey
Major:
Comparative Religious Studies, Biology Minor
If you could be any animal, what would you be:
either a butterfly or a mountain goat
Favorite cartoon:
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Favorite Montana Memory:
Camping on Windy Pass and watching the Harvest moon rise over the Absaroka.
Favorite part of job:
horse kisses, fuzzy foals, the meditative aspect of stall cleaning and grooming the mares to an impeccable shine.
Ranch Technician / Goose Specialist
Hometown:
The Hague, The Netherlands, Jakarta, Indonesia, Grand Junction, CO, St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Eureka, MT
Favorite snack:
Bugles
Major:
Computer Science and International Business
Favorite job on the ranch:
Supervising Greg
If you could be any animal, what would you be:
a bug on my windshield because he doesn't have to pay for gas.
Favorite wildflower:
wild what?
If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 cd's would you want with you:
"The Waffle: Sounds Made in the Toaster", "Ghandi: Where do I go now", and "7 Wild Turkeys: Beware of the Dogs"
Famous last words:
"Can I pet the cute little mountain lion?"
Student of the Horse
Jacque Richey was born and raised in Billings, Montana. She crawled out of her highchair onto her first horse at the tender age of three and has been on them ever since. As a young lady she was fortunate to have the opportunity to show Quarter Horses, Pony of Americas and Arabians. She qualified five times for the world POA Show and was a World Youth Qualifier for AQHA. She also received the Outstanding Horsemanship Award from the Montana 4-H with multiple highpoints in all breeds.
After many years of showing she decided to look deeper into the mind of her four legged friends and find out what all the great horseman already knew but was eluding her. Throughout her 30 plus years with horses she had attended many Tom Dorrance and Ray Hunt clinics. It has only been during the last 8 years with Ronnie Willis of Dillon and Aimme Brimhall and Pat Parelli that have opened the window to what she believes is the beginning of her understanding of the wonderful and loving being called the horse. Jacque now realizes that they are the teachers and she has a lot to learn. Horses are a wonderful puzzle with much forgiveness and she feels very blessed to be in the presence of each new horse she meets.
Jacque’s mission at Thunderball Ranch and with all of her clients is to make sure each horse she comes in contact with understands that human beings are there friends and can be an excellent partner. Communication works both ways with horses and Jacque will never MAKE a horse do anything. She is a fair negotiator with love and understanding, building a desire for the horse to WANT to try for her. She always asks politely with love, patience and respect. The heart and desire of the horse will out weigh any impressive pedigree hands down. Look at Sea Biscuit!
The Thunderball Ranch believes that the patience to ask for the heart and desire of the horse, along with the best of feed and mental and physical stimuli will provide horses that are the healthiest and most balanced horses you will find anywhere.
Student of the Horse
Jacque Richey
