Clydesdale star of Super Bowl ad is newborn foal

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Budweiser launched its official Twitter feed on Sunday, January 27, with a tweet inviting fans to name the baby Clydesdale featured in its Super Bowl XLVII spot. (PRNewsFoto/Anheuser-Busch)

The Associated Press

Posted: Friday, February 1, 2013, 12:18 PM

BOONVILLE, Mo. - For decades, Anheuser-Busch has used its famous Clydesdales in Super Bowl ads for Budweiser. The latest star is barely two weeks old.

A foal born Jan. 16 at Anheuser-Busch's Warm Springs Ranch near the mid-Missouri town of Boonville is featured in an ad that will appear in Sunday's game between the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers and AFC champion Baltimore Ravens.

The 60-second ad chronicles the bond a Clydesdale foal shares with his trainer. The foal was just a week old when the ad was filmed.

It marks the 23rd Super Bowl ad featuring the Clydesdales.

Budweiser recently launched its first-ever Twitter account, using the occasion to tweet the first photo of the newborn.

Watch the video here: http://bit.ly/WD8oEz

The Associated Press

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