Budweiser Clydesdales find temporary home at fairgrounds
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BETH WHEELOCK
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Sometimes it's hard enough to find a hotel that allows pets, let alone a hotel that allows animals with hooves the size of dinner plates.
Luckily for the Budweiser Clydesdales, they fit right in at the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds.
The draft horses are staying at the fairgrounds in anticipation of their weekend appearance at Southern Wisconsin AirFEST. Mary Check, the fair's office manager, says 4-H exhibitors don't show horses that large so the Clydesdales are set up in an empty barn with their own stalls and tack.
Check says the public is welcome to visit the horses Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11am to 7pm.
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May 29, 2009 at 1:40 p.m.
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Are they here to raise money for the ice rink?
May 29, 2009 at 9:22 a.m.
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A Clydesdale walks into a bar. Bartender says, "Why the long face."
May 28, 2009 at 6:52 p.m.
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I knew a girl with a long face too. But without the feathered feet.
May 28, 2009 at 6:34 p.m.
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My wife and I vacationed in St Louis and toured the Budweiser brewery. Of course we toured the stables and saw the horses up close. They're magnificent animals.
When I told the tour guide the UW uses the Budweiser theme song at athletic events he thought that was pretty cool.
May 28, 2009 at 6:25 p.m.
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rooster were they weiser than you ?
May 28, 2009 at 6:23 p.m.
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I knew a girl that looked like a Clydesdale
May 28, 2009 at 1:49 p.m.
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sorry I have no idea what you mean. could you explain better. and if youre making a funny I odnt get it either.
May 28, 2009 at 1:08 p.m.
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Hannah - I believe the performance before the show is with the Clydesdales and that bartender at Tremors that people talk about on Craigslist, rants and raves.
May 28, 2009 at 11:46 a.m.
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casey: Whyyyy thaaank youuu caseyyy. Weee are quiiite haaapy to beee heeere! -Clyde S. Dale
May 27, 2009 at 11:05 p.m.
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Nice story!
May 27, 2009 at 3:05 p.m.
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Welcome to Janesville and Rock County! You are beautiful horses and I'm glad we had a place for you to stay.
May 27, 2009 at 2:02 p.m.
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theyre beautiful you must go see them if youre not going to the air show. I am curious about the "performance" before the show.
May 27, 2009 at 1:29 p.m.
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there was a time when all my best friends were buds of mine.
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