My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
It must be a Clydesdale thing. You only need to call them once for dinner. Given how Zelda makes the earth shake under her feet — and there’s only one of her, and she’s only half Clyde — it must feel like an earthquake when these ladies come running!
Read MoreSo, now you don’t have to wait for the game to watch the best part — the new Budweiser commercial featuring the Clydesdales. Just a warning, get your tissues out before you watch! This is one of the best ads they had in awhile — certainly much better than the one they had last year. […]
Read MoreOkay, ‘fess up. You only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, right? Well here’s a sneak preview of the one I know you’ve been waiting for — the Budweiser Clydesdales “Friends and Fences.” Enjoy!
Read MoreLooking at this photo of Poe standing next to his owner, it’s easy to imagine that he’s the tallest horse in the world. Standing at 20.2 hands (6’10”), he towers over his diminutive owner Shereen Thompson, who is only 5’3″. With his head up, he is about 10′ tall. Thompson, who lives in Canada, found […]
Read MoreI got a comment earlier this week about my post Big, Bigger, Biggest. It seems that the record for the world’s tallest horse is a moving target — and right now that target is in Texas. Remington of Riverbend #M17523, a 12 year old Clydesdale is somewhere over 20 hands. According to his trainer and […]
Read MoreYet another great commercial from Budweiser. This video makes me think of Freedom, my TB. Freedom was always my spare horse . . . the horse that I thought would eventually become my hunt horse. I had him in training and was slowly asking him to do more. When Kroni died this fall, he got […]
Read MoreAlthough his official height has not yet been confirmed, rumor has it that Poe, an 8 year old Clydesdale gelding that stands at 20.2 hands may well take over the Guinness World Record for the tallest horse. Radar, a Belgian Draft Horse, is the current record holder, standing at a mere 19.3 1/2 hands.
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