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Newest Budweiser Clydesdale named Moose

Posted at 7:29 PM, Sep 15, 2015
and last updated 2015-09-15 20:29:51-04

The newest member of the Budweiser Clydesdale family was born on September 12, and the foal was named after “a nearby baseball legend.”  

According to a news release from Anheuser Busch, the newest foal was named Moose. The news release didn't state outright who the foal's namesake is, saying the horse was named "after a nearby baseball legend."

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Moose will reside at Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, Mo., while he “learns the ropes of being a Budweiser Clydesdale,” the news release said.

The Budweiser Clydesdales made their first-ever appearance on April 7, 1933 as a gift from August A. Busch, Jr. and Adolphus Busch to their father in celebration of the repeal of Prohibition. 

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