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Thunder (mascot)
Thunder is the stage name for the horse who is the live animal mascot for the Denver Broncos. Three purebred Arabians have held this name, all gray horses whose coat has lightened to be completely white. The most recent, "Thunder III", appeared at Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014. The first Thunder was a stallion whose registered name was JB Kobask. He was the mascot from 1993 until his retirement in 2004, and continued to make community appearances until his death in 2009. He was succeeded by the gelding Winter Solstyce, born in 1994, who took over as "Thunder II" in 2004 and still continues to perform. "Thunder III", whose registered name is Me N Myshadow, was the understudy to Thunder II, performed at preseason games in 2013 and made some of Thunder's other public appearances. Because he was younger than Thunder II and better able to handle being shipped by air to the east coast, he was the mascot selected to appear at MetLife Stadium for Super Bowl XLVIII.
Thunder's job usually includes leading the team onto the field at the start of every home game, and running from one end of the field to the other when the team scores a touchdown or a field goal. He and his rider also interact with fans prior to each game; the horse is particularly popular with children, who are allowed to pet him. The first Thunder performed at two Super Bowl games during his career, and Thunder III appeared at Super Bowl XLVIII, making additional promotional appearances in Times Square and on two television morning news shows. The horses who have served as Thunder have needed to learn to remain calm in circumstances that would normally frighten horses, including being in football stadiums filled with thousands of noisy fans and performing in the presence of fireworks, pom-poms, skydivers, and other disturbances. The mascot is also asked to appear in parades and at many other public functions. He has needed to go into an elevator, make indoor press appearances, visit hospitals and schools, and walk amongst tables in a hotel ballroom.
The regular rider of Thunder is Ann Judge-Wegener. When not performing at football games or making other public appearances, Thunder II and Thunder III reside at Wegener's farm in Bennett, Colorado. Sharon Magness-Blake has owned all three horses.〔〔 The Arabian horses who have served in this role have respected pedigrees and were well-trained riding horses prior to officially becoming mascots. JB Kobask had a horse show career and Winter Solstyce was a personal pleasure riding horse for his owner. They had very different personalities: JB Kobask was very bold, while Winter Solstyce was more timid at first but grew into the role, being notable for his friendliness to people who see him up close and for his tendency to pose for a camera whenever he sees one. Me N Myshadow was specifically trained to become the next Thunder, beginning when he was started under saddle at age three, but he did not appear at games until he was 13 years old.
==History==
Thunder first appeared as the team mascot in a football game on September 12, 1993, where he was asked to gallop across the field after each touchdown. In that game, the Broncos defeated the San Diego Chargers.〔 The original horse, JB Kobask, was loaned to the team by Sharon Magness-Blake, then the owner of Magness Arabians. His initial duties expanded to delivering the game ball to the referees at the start of each home game. He was allowed to interact with spectators and people could come up and pet him prior to games. He became well-loved by fans, who purchased t-shirts with Thunder's image. He was said to be the "second most popular Bronco" after then-player John Elway, and appeared at Elway's 1999 retirement gala. He was particularly popular with children. When the team redesigned their uniforms in 1997, Thunder inspired the team to make a horse-head profile part of the team logo, and place it on their helmets. In a press conference introducing the new logo on February 4, 1997, the team president and the art director for Nike, which created the new design, described it as "a powerful horse with a fiery eye and mane." When the original Thunder retired, Magness-Blake provided a second horse to fill the role.〔 As Thunder II aged, anticipating the future, Magness-Blake provided a third horse to the team, Me N Myshadow,〔 prepared for the role from the start of his career under saddle, to serve as Thunder III.〔
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