IT OPENING DAY IS UNDERWAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE JOINED WITH A BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WISE OR CLYDE SATURDAY. PHOENIX IS HERE WITH US ALONGSIDE OF HANDLER. LAUREN LANDED IN PHOENIX IS I MEAN, LAUREN, WHAT DOES IT REALLY TAKE TO BE A BUDWEISER CLYDESDALE YET? SO DO HAVE A VERY CLIMATE FOR 5,001, THIS BEAUTIFUL BAY BODY CALL YOU SEE HERE, BLACK MANE AND TAIL FOR WHITE STOCKING FEET AND AS WHITE BLAZE ON HIS FACE, WE DO ALSO HAVE SOME SIZE THEY’RE NICE AND COMFORTABLE IN THEIR WORK LOVE. WE WANT THEM TO BE ABOUT
18 HANDS WHEN THERE’S THERE, WHICH MEANS ABOUT 6 P AT HIS SHOULDER. AND THERE ARE ABOUT 2000 POUNDS AND PHOENIX LOOKS GREAT TODAY. WHAT ALL WENT INTO GETTING HIM READY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY OPENING DAY WITH US. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. SOUNDING IS STAYED INSIDE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF. HE HAD A 06:00AM BREAKFAST. THEN WE GAVE HIM A FULL BODY THAT WE HAD TO WATCH THOSE BEAUTIFUL WHITE FEATHERS ON HIS AND THEN IT TOOK ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO PARADE HIS MANE AND TAIL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, PHOENIX KNOW IF HE’S ON
POP. HE’S READY. HE’S CAUSING. IF PEOPLE CAN’T GET TO SEE PHOENIX TODAY, THEY CAN’T MAKE IT DOWN OPENING DAY. WHERE ELSE CAN THEY COME AND SEE THE BUDWEISER CLYDESDALES? SO WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME CLYDESDALES ON DISPLAY AT THE BREWERY HERE IN ST. LOUIS. EVERYBODY ON TO WORK AND GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND MEET THEM. IF THEY SO. WE ALSO HAVE GRANTS WELL AS OUR 3 TRAVELING TEENS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I LOVE THAT WAS THE BEST PART ABOUT BEING A HANDLER AND GETTING TO WORK WITH THESE INCREDIBLE DEFINITELY THE HORSE IN OF
THIS GUY’S SOUTH HERE. AND HE IS VERY AFFECTIONATE, AS YOU CAN TELL. I SEE I’VE GOT A LOT PHOENIX NOVELS TODAY. WE ARE CELEBRATING IN A BIG WAY. THE BUDWEISER THAT TRADITION WITH THE CLYDESDALES ON THE FIELD BUT STATE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO EVERY TIME WE COME HOME TO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THESE GUYS GO AROUND THAT WARNING TRAPPED AND THE CROWD GETS REALLY EXCITED. THEY YELL AND SCREAM. AND THESE GUYS REALLY ENJOY THAT ATMOSPHERE. YOU CAN TELL WHEN THE CROWD GETS EXTREMELY NOISES GET REALLY AND OUT. SO IT’S ALWAYS
AWESOME TO SEE THESE GUYS IN OPENING DAY. AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THE TRAIN THEM TO GO THEIR TRAINING AT A REALLY YOUNG AGE WILL START THEM FROM THE TIME THEY’RE BORN. GETTING USED TO THE PEOPLE IN THE NOISES IN THE CROWDS. BUT THEN IT TAKES ABOUT 4 YEARS TO TRAIN THEM TO PULL THAT WAGON. THAT IS PRETTY COOL. YOU CAN SEE THESE GUYS OPENING DAY. THAT FIRST PITCH HAPPENING AT 3.15. LAUREN, THANK YOU SO TODAY. I KNOW PHOENIX, I GET ONE MORE SNUGGLE, MAYBE. MAYBE ALL. YEAH. YOU, BUDDY. THANK YOU. THINK THE
