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Location: Pacific Northwest | Was this posted already? Pretty impressive with how calm they all stayed! Fast forward to 4 minutes, that's about where one of them trips.
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Location: Durango CO | I'm emotional today but that made me cry lol. Such good horses!! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | A friend of mine was there when it happen and was telling me about the accident, and how good the horses were during all this. I'm not going to watch the video, I hate seeing stuff like this, just makes me sick for the horses  |
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Location: Durango CO | What surprise me the most was that the horses that fell just stayed down. The natural gut reaction for a horse is to get up or try to and they just stayed down. Even the horse that was only down on the front end, in what looked like an awkward position, stayed put until he was assisted. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-14 9:46 PM
A friend of mine was there when it happen and was telling me about the accident, and how good the horses were during all this. I'm not going to watch the video, I hate seeing stuff like this, just makes me sick for the horses
If it makes you feel any better, they're all okay (: Every horse gets up and walks off and from what I heard none of them were hurt. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | livexlovexrodeo - 2014-05-15 12:03 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-14 9:46 PM A friend of mine was there when it happen and was telling me about the accident, and how good the horses were during all this. I'm not going to watch the video, I hate seeing stuff like this, just makes me sick for the horses If it makes you feel any better, they're all okay (: Every horse gets up and walks off and from what I heard none of them were hurt. 
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2014-05-15 12:11 AM
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | The great gentle giants. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Nevertooold - 2014-05-15 12:15 AM The great gentle giants.
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-14 10:10 PM
livexlovexrodeo - 2014-05-15 12:03 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-14 9:46 PM A friend of mine was there when it happen and was telling me about the accident, and how good the horses were during all this. I'm not going to watch the video, I hate seeing stuff like this, just makes me sick for the horses If it makes you feel any better, they're all okay (: Every horse gets up and walks off and from what I heard none of them were hurt.
It would have been terrifying to witness in person. One time at a rodeo just a two-team of Belgians almost had an accident. One of them spooked and somehow ended up tangled up in everything but once he realized he was stuck he just stopped and stood there, but I for sure thought I was about to witness something horrific. |
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Location: Texas | I watched the video and you do gasp..and like some one else stated above the announcer kept the crowd calm...
IMO the driver caused the incident by getting them in to tight of a circle...causing one to trip and causing the tounge to snap.
So grateful that all horses were not injured and yes they were so quite in the complete 6 minute of trying to get them un-hitched. |
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Location: Texas | Again, The Gentle Giants!! Showing the bond and trust between animal and man!! So glad none of them were hurt. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | If I were rich and could afford one, I would so love to have a Clydesdale to parade with. I'm not sure how I would keep him looking so maginificent. I'd probably need to hire a care giver for him too....but, man, I sure would enjoy prancing around in parade after parade.....I might even take him around the barrels a few times. |
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| Geez, I cried too! Thank heavens they were all okay - AMAZING how calm they were. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | I was there when this happened. It was an absolute miracle the way this played out.. The wood from the tongues splintered and could have impaled a horse. One of the most scary and amazing things I have ever witnessed. I have a new found respect for these horses and their trainers. They performed again the next night. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | LRQHS - 2014-05-15 4:18 AM If I were rich and could afford one, I would so love to have a Clydesdale to parade with. I'm not sure how I would keep him looking so maginificent. I'd probably need to hire a care giver for him too....but, man, I sure would enjoy prancing around in parade after parade.....I might even take him around the barrels a few times.
If your interested let me know. My brother raises them and is friends with the Budweiser crew out of St Louis. |
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Location: Kansas | Im glad to see the horses were all okay!!! |
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Location: South Dakota | It was very emotional to watch...so thankful for a good outcome...
Such awesome horses, and it just plain hurt to see them go down....I think the driver messed up...but I am sure that is something that he won't allow to happen again...
Also thought that Bob Tallman and Hadley Barrett did a very good job of handling a tough situation....the happy ending certainly helped! |
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Location: Central Texas | I agree, that is very emotional. What an amazing demonstration! |
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Location: Midwest | Looked like driver error to me too. It happens sometimes. Those horses are VERY well trained and drafts as a whole are bred for good demeanor. When they have the 6 horse hitch classes at our county fair, you see the folks riding them around the fairgrounds in halters bareback, ponying the others in the mornings. There is a Clyde at my barn who is a total sweetie. I wish more was done with him- he's basically just a lawn mower right now. |
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I'm so glad they were all ok. It was amazing to watch them calmly stand and/or lay there like that's what they were supposed to do! |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-14 11:46 PM A friend of mine was there when it happen and was telling me about the accident, and how good the horses were during all this. I'm not going to watch the video, I hate seeing stuff like this, just makes me sick for the horses
I am not watching either, I don't watch the blooper reels either of horses or people falling. Very impressive how these horses reacted- a testament to their handlers. |
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Location: South Dakota | rodeomom3 - 2014-05-15 8:36 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-14 11:46 PM A friend of mine was there when it happen and was telling me about the accident, and how good the horses were during all this. I'm not going to watch the video, I hate seeing stuff like this, just makes me sick for the horses
I am a total softie..... I wait with watching horse races on live tv, and watch the replay...but knowing the happy outcome, I decided to watch it.......and it is truly heartwarming.... |
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-05-15 7:39 AM
LRQHS - 2014-05-15 4:18 AM If I were rich and could afford one, I would so love to have a Clydesdale to parade with. I'm not sure how I would keep him looking so maginificent. I'd probably need to hire a care giver for him too....but, man, I sure would enjoy prancing around in parade after parade.....I might even take him around the barrels a few times.
If your interested let me know. My brother raises them and is friends with the Budweiser crew out of St Louis.
A friend of mine up here in KS won the KS Equifest breed competition (2012 I think) on her Clydesdale mare :) She had to jump, barrel race, complete a dressage pattern, complete a trail course, and some other things I am forgetting! You can shoot off that mare too! Really really neat horses for sure!
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Location: Kentucky | My horses need to watch this and realize that I'm not trying to kill them! 
Amazing animals, so glad everyone is ok. |
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| I work with that team and all of the horses with fine. Some harnass was broken but that was it. Also I can not talk about what caused it but I will say it wasn't a driver error...... |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Murphy - 2014-05-15 9:10 AM My horses need to watch this and realize that I'm not trying to kill them!
Amazing animals, so glad everyone is ok.
I have 1 for sure, maybe 2 that would react that way. The first time I drove my 4 year old, she got mad and spun herself into a tangle of lines with her nose stuck to a stirrup and one foot in the air. When she realized she was in a bind, she stood there and looked at me like "help". I got her unhooked and untangled and she went right back to work like it never happened. I adore her.
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Location: Durango CO | CYA Ranch - 2014-05-15 7:39 AM
LRQHS - 2014-05-15 4:18 AM If I were rich and could afford one, I would so love to have a Clydesdale to parade with. I'm not sure how I would keep him looking so maginificent. I'd probably need to hire a care giver for him too....but, man, I sure would enjoy prancing around in parade after parade.....I might even take him around the barrels a few times.
If your interested let me know. My brother raises them and is friends with the Budweiser crew out of St Louis.
I wouldn't give her any ideas, we all know she doesn't need much convincing    |
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Location: Oklahoma City OK | LRQHS - 2014-05-15 4:18 AM If I were rich and could afford one, I would so love to have a Clydesdale to parade with. I'm not sure how I would keep him looking so maginificent. I'd probably need to hire a care giver for him too....but, man, I sure would enjoy prancing around in parade after parade.....I might even take him around the barrels a few times.
We offer a Draft Horse Barrel Race at the Oklahoma State Fair in September and it is a hoot! The crowd really gets into it! |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | Glad all of the horses were okay. Amazed at how calm they stayed and what a great announcer. I am never good when an accident happens and I would have been freaking out. He kept me calm while I was watching it. Lol Gentle Giants forsure |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Gunnin to Play - 2014-05-15 9:39 AM I work with that team and all of the horses with fine. Some harnass was broken but that was it. Also I can not talk about what caused it but I will say it wasn't a driver error......
You work with Dave H then? |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | If we ever get out of this drought where I have good rain and grass growing all the time I would get a pair of Draft horses just for the fun of it to have runnming around in my pastures, love these animals. |
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Location: Oz, Kansas | I was at an air show a few years ago & they had the clydesdales there. They were so calm & secure with all the planes buzzing & a very large helicopter landed within a 100 ft of them & they didn't give it a second glance. One of these days I'm going to take a day trip & tour their broodmare facilites. It's only a few hours away from me. |
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Location: Post Falls, ID | Gunnin to Play - 2014-05-15 7:39 AM I work with that team and all of the horses with fine. Some harnass was broken but that was it. Also I can not talk about what caused it but I will say it wasn't a driver error......
Looked to me like it was a ground issue that caused the horse to slip. Scary and truly amazing to watch all in one.. Just awe struck... |
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Location: South Georgia | Nevertooold - 2014-05-15 1:15 AM The great gentle giants.
Ditto. They panic for a second and as soon as they see people, they are patient. How awesome! |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | racin3cans - 2014-05-15 1:05 PM Gunnin to Play - 2014-05-15 7:39 AM I work with that team and all of the horses with fine. Some harnass was broken but that was it. Also I can not talk about what caused it but I will say it wasn't a driver error...... Looked to me like it was a ground issue that caused the horse to slip. Scary and truly amazing to watch all in one.. Just awe struck...
I agree. Looked like a horse tripped or slipped a bit and prolly going a wee bit too fast. I've had the tongue break during a hitch class, not pretty and definately not fun and that was just a team hitch. |
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Location: East of the Pecos | We were stalled next to them at Abilene. We visited with the driver the next day. The one that tripped and fell was one of the two "younger horses" on the team. Driver said that when they do their sequence, the two younger ones got excited and started taking off. They know the routine, and know when it is the end and time to run out. They called a vet out to double check and make sure all the horses were fine. The drive has been driving for over 20 years. He also told us that this is the first accident he has had. They take excelent care of those horses. They also take temps twice a day. Budweiser has at least 5 teams and wagons on the road at all times. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | If you watch the video the lead horses stepped out of position( to the left) that through off the two teams behind them that were in position and holding, at a canter only one foot is on the ground during the 3 beat. Of course it was easy to throw these big horses to the ground. The toung had to break with the wheel horses trying to avoid the downed horses. It's awesome the team didn't panic like a hot blood would have done.. All I can say AWESOME and well done on the handlers part, for not leaving any holes in their training.  |
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | What an amazing testimony to their trainers and handlers! Had my daughter watch it, just to stress the importance of solid fundamentals and the bond you have with your horse. |
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Location: In a happy place | LRQHS - 2014-05-15 4:18 AM If I were rich and could afford one, I would so love to have a Clydesdale to parade with. I'm not sure how I would keep him looking so maginificent. I'd probably need to hire a care giver for him too....but, man, I sure would enjoy prancing around in parade after parade.....I might even take him around the barrels a few times.
One of the things I remeber at Booger Barter's barrel race was the Clydesdale barrel race. It was so cool. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | CYA Ranch - 2014-05-15 7:39 AM LRQHS - 2014-05-15 4:18 AM If I were rich and could afford one, I would so love to have a Clydesdale to parade with. I'm not sure how I would keep him looking so maginificent. I'd probably need to hire a care giver for him too....but, man, I sure would enjoy prancing around in parade after parade.....I might even take him around the barrels a few times. If your interested let me know. My brother raises them and is friends with the Budweiser crew out of St Louis.
That sounds so neat. However, I not be rich enough to take great care of one..... |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I would really love a Clydesdale barrel race and a Mule barrel race! That would be so fun! |
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| LRQHS - 2014-05-16 9:18 AM I would really love a Clydesdale barrel race and a Mule barrel race! That would be so fun!
We have a large mule show and rodeo up here in the fall. They have a mule rodeo, where you ride mules for broncs, do a wild mule race, and have mule barrel racing as well as a town trail ride and other fun stuff. Note about mules...They are not nice and will attack you after you fall off or if you are trying to contain them in the wild mule race! EEK! They are oenery boogers! |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Nateracer - 2014-05-16 9:29 AM LRQHS - 2014-05-16 9:18 AM I would really love a Clydesdale barrel race and a Mule barrel race! That would be so fun! We have a large mule show and rodeo up here in the fall. They have a mule rodeo, where you ride mules for broncs, do a wild mule race, and have mule barrel racing as well as a town trail ride and other fun stuff. Note about mules...They are not nice and will attack you after you fall off or if you are trying to contain them in the wild mule race! EEK! They are oenery boogers!
That sounds hilarious! Herbie and I talk about getting mules and having a race off all the time lol. I'm 100% sure she'd beat me, but I sure would laugh a lot lol. I might even fall off laughing. |
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Budweiser Clydesdales accident at Abilene