December tour is the Clydesdales first in the Tri-cities since late 2019 Anslee Daniel found out what makes these horses so famous. They’re on T-shirts, their about any piece of merchandise that you can think of the world famous Budweiser Clydesdales always draw a crowd and the store of any show that they’re in. But we set out to find out why these forces are world famous. The Clydesdales have been a 1933, they were originally a gift from August. Bush senior this father August Bush senior one of the first things Mister
Bush after yet the team of horses was sending out onto or and a couple other for stops were in Washington, D.C., there obviously absolutely stunning. we measure horses and Hand is 4 inches. So roughly around 19, 18 to 19 so 76 and and there are roughly about 2000 pounds, 100. They’re big. The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine has been Anheuser Busch since 1980, to go around twice a year. Look at all the horses their physical exam. So just like you go to the doctor and and look at the breeding
operations and look at the retired guys. Doctor Steve Adair has been caring for the Clydesdale since 2013. He says the massive forces have a free, strict diet of grain and hay, but he says a few treats are mixed in as well. They like any kind of streets, carrots, apples. Pat Cummins, you know, so they’re they’re all pretty much all horse when it comes to that. A deer also says these horses go for walks every single day. This is in addition to their appearances where the eight-horse hitch pulls that classic red
Budweiser wagon or wagon is a regional 19. 0, 3 Studebaker wagon that the companies since the 30’s. And it’s been painstakingly maintained in your store and it’s a really I kind of you say, and Clydesdales in the wagon aren’t the only part of the pageantry. The was originally used to help And the guard, the beer. Probably drivers make their deliveries while the Clydesdales are magnificent. Their personalities are perfect for being the mascot They’re very amenable to to to grooming to painting too,
you know, basically having pet most part. And so and that’s what you’ll find in the draft horse overall. They tend to be very docile of individuals. So when they’re in the parades and of course, on the hitch. But the one more shows are really where you get to see all of their individual personalities in Johnson City
