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The turnout at the opening of a Budweiser Clydesdale breeding farm in Cooper County on Friday might have given the beer company reinforcement that it had the right idea opening it up to the public.
The 300-acre farm known as Warm Springs Ranch had been planned as a private facility to raise the brewery’s trademark horses, but public demand led the company to reconsider and open it up to tours, said Jim Poole, general manager of Clydesdale operations.
He said only minor changes had to be made to the facility as a result of that decision, and it will now offer the public a look at things such as the horses’ stalls and the shoeing process.
Missouri State Sen. Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, said he thinks the location of the farm — almost halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis — benefits it as a tourist attraction.
The turnout at the opening of a Budweiser Clydesdale breeding farm in Cooper County on Friday might have given the beer company reinforcement that it had the right idea opening it up to the public.
The 300-acre farm known as Warm Springs Ranch had been planned as a private facility to raise the brewery’s trademark horses, but public demand led the company to reconsider and open it up to tours, said Jim Poole, general manager of Clydesdale operations.
He said only minor changes had to be made to the facility as a result of that decision, and it will now offer the public a look at things such as the horses’ stalls and the shoeing process.
Missouri State Sen. Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, said he thinks the location of the farm — almost halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis — benefits it as a tourist attraction.
