By noon on Friday, May 16, the Fort Worth Stockyards will echo with more than just the usual clip-clop of hooves and hum of tourists. It’ll rumble with something weightier —hoofbeats of the Budweiser Clydesdales, those towering symbols of Americana, pulling a beer wagon through the cobbled streets like it’s 1933. The hitch will roll into Cowtown Coliseum at 12:30 p.m., delivering more than just beer. An announcement is on tap: a new partnership between Anheuser-Busch, Cowtown Coliseum, and the Fort Worth Stockyards. The aim? To celebrate Western heritage and live entertainment in a way only Fort Worth —and a horse-drawn beer delivery — can.
The event is part of a broader cross-country tour, but here in Fort Worth, it hits differently. After all, this is a city that understands legacy. Last July, the Clydesdales stood beneath the Stockyards sign as if it had been built just for them. They’re back now, not just for nostalgia, but for something enduring. If there’s one thing more American than baseball and barbecue, it’s the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Alec Smith, a hitch driver with the team that we interviewed last year, says he has been on the job for seven years. He’s been around horses his whole life — but these? These are something else. “I grew up doing this type of work,” Smith says, resting in the shade between photo ops. “But once you come out here to the world-renowned Budweiser Clydesdales, it’s a sight unseen.”…