... you can now watch the 2013 Budweiser commercial (ie, the one with the big Clydesdales) without sitting through the Super Bowl. It's a cute one, complete with a week-old foal, bittersweet rock classic "Landslide," and two handsome leads.
Which makes me want to write a review of a book starring a draft horse. I can only think of one, off-hand, Jessie Haas's Uncle Daney's Way, which is very good. Any other suggestions? There must be other draft horse heroes out there! I rode a Belgian a few years ago (my height seems to inspire the "You must want a giant horse" in stable owners) and once I stopped staring down at the very, very distant ground, it was wonderful. Cantering up a gentle hill, my big blonde farm horse breasting through tall grass and flowers, I lived out simultaneous fantasies of being a knight, a princess, and any one of several dozen English country-house drama heroines. For that atypically perfect experience, I salute the draft horse.
Random Note
I came across a very entertaining article online for aspiring fantasy writers who feel the need to put their knight, elf or fairy princess on horseback.
There is Marguerite Henry's classic picture book "Five O'Clock Charlie" and I also recall reading a book about Shires or Clydesdales called "Breed of Giants" by Joyce Stranger when I was a young teen!
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