Iconic Budweiser Clydesdales coming to Muskegon this weekend

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — The iconic Budweiser Clydesdales are coming to West Michigan this weekend.

The Tyler Sales Company will host the horses during a parade on Friday to mark the company’s 90th anniversary.

Organizers say the Clydesdales will parade down Western Avenue starting at 4 p.m. and will then be staged outside of Hackley Park from 5 to 6 p.m.

Tyler Sales Company Inc. is a third-generation family-owned beer distributor that offers more than a dozen brands and more than 150 products, including Budweiser, Michelob, Goose Island, Cutwater and Stella Artois.

Budweiser’s connections to the giant horses also date back 90 years. To celebrate the repeal of prohibition, August Busch Jr. and Adolphus Busch III gave their father, August Busch Sr., a six-horse Clydesdale hitch. Company officials liked the marketing concept of a horse-drawn beer wagon and were proven right when the horses and wagon drew giant crowds in a tour across the Northeast.

The Budweiser Clydesdales make hundreds of appearances across the country each year.

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