
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – The Budweiser Clydesdale hitch stopped at the German American Social Club of Cape Coral’s Gartenfest on Sunday.
The team will make another Southwest Florida appearance at the Lee County Fair on Feb. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The horses will stay in the region until Feb. 28.
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