Christopher Kriebel

Owner

Mr. Kriebel oversees the day-to-day operations of the business. He conducts the bookkeeping / accounting functions of the business. Mr. Kriebel graduated from Rider University on December 1997 with a Bachelors degree in Accounting and Computer Information Systems. He has worked in the accounting field for over twenty years and has extensive bookkeeping and tax knowledge. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of New Horizon Equine Academy a nonprofit organization that provides Equine Facilitated Learning for people with traumatic brain injury.  Mr. Kriebel is the vice-president of Pennsylvania Saddlebred Horse Association.  Mr. Kriebel’s fascination of horses came at an early age in life watching them in parades. Since then he has had the good fortune to own his own horses, run a boarding facility, and run a successful breeding operation.

Barry Kriebel, Jr.

Owner / Trainer

Mr. Kriebel a graduate of Delaware Valley College in Equine Science is the primary trainer at Thunder Ridge Farms.  He is intimately involved with the day-to-day operations of the business.  He has over 30 years of experience with training horses.  Mr. Kriebel started riding at the age of 4 and was already showing horses at the age of 6.  He successfully trained his first Quarter horse at the age of 12.  Mr. Kriebel graduated from Empire Beauty School in January of 2001 with a 4.0 GPA.  He is also the co-founder and vice president of of New Horizon Equine Academy a nonprofit organization that provides Equine Facilitated Learning for people with traumatic brain injury.