{"id":5485,"date":"2014-01-28T16:49:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T22:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2014-01-28T16:49:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T22:49:11","slug":"the-story-behind-the-budweiser-clydesdales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2014\/01\/28\/the-story-behind-the-budweiser-clydesdales\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind the Budweiser Clydesdales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Super Bowl coming up this Sunday, the Budweiser Clydesdales come to mind. Did you see the heartwarming ad last year, telling the love story between a horse and his breeder? In case you forgot or didn&#8217;t see, here is the clip:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uiJqzdOr4Ok\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nYou see the Clydesdales every year, pulling <a title=\"Budweiser Clydesdales at L.A. County Fair\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=5189\" target=\"_blank\">the Budweiser wagon through the daily Fair parades<\/a>, and hanging out in their stables near FairView Farms during their breaks. Have you ever wondered where they started their careers?<br \/>\n<strong>From birth to wagon\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Budweiser Cyldesdales joined the Amherst family more than 80 years ago and are loved and cared for, before they even leave the womb. Last year ABC did a news story about the horses&#8217; birthplace, breeding and training, inspired by the 2013 Super Bowl commercial. You can watch the full story here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PU92XeqhRSA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe can&#8217;t wait to have them on our grounds again and we&#8217;re excited to see them in this year&#8217;s Super Bowl commercial.<br \/>\n<em>UPDATE: <\/em>Budweiser released their 2014 Super Bowl Clydesdale commercial early! Watch yet another heartwarming tale unfold here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQB7QRyF4p4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Super Bowl coming up this Sunday, the Budweiser Clydesdales come to mind. Did you see the heartwarming ad last year, telling the love story between a horse and his breeder? In case you forgot or didn&#8217;t see, here is the clip: You see the Clydesdales every year, pulling the Budweiser wagon through the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funatthefair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}