Video Captures Budweiser Clydesdale Inside Casino Nearly Beheading Someone

By Scott Roeben, on January 06 2026
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A video showing an agitated horse inside South Point casino nearly kicking a woman’s head to Pahrump has gone viral and raised questions about safety, animal welfare and also “WHY IN THE HELL WAS A HORSE INSIDE A CASINO?”

The video was shared on an account from @catfishtish on Dec. 27, 2025, but didn’t spread widely until we shared because it’s not news until we say so.

The woman involved in the near-death experience was not injured, which really puts a damper on the virality of the video, but we are glad nobody was hurt.

And you thought dogs left messes in casinos.

When we first viewed the video, it was unclear why the video was being shared at all, other than the fact one of the Budweiser Clydesdales was walking through a casino.

The Budweiser Clydesdales make regular appearances at South Point, as it is the de facto headquarters of NFR (National Finals Rodeo).

Guests are invited for photo ops with the Clydesdales, a controversial breed of horses due to its use of performance-enhancing drugs. Seriously, they’re huge.

Here’s the video of the potentially life-threatening incident narrated by a professional voiceover artist, and by that we mean blogger.

We have watched the video dozens of times, and we wince every single time.

The horse is obviously a little jumpy as it walks by a step-and-repeat, surrounded by attendants (called “handlers”) and security.

Even to laypersons, it’s obvious the horse is jumpy, reactive and nervous about something.

One of the Budweiser Clydesdales attendants is walking in the horse’s blind spot, and makes an innocuous gesture with her hand. The horse, apparently, didn’t appreciate the possibility of being touched or probed, so it communicated its displeasure as horses do. With a swift kick in the general direction of the thing causing its discomfort. In this case, a human head.

Arguably, the horse did everything it could to communicate its concerns. The majority of horses can’t speak, so stamping and restless footwork are their only means of letting humans know they’re not happy.

In the parlance of poker, the horse was giving pre-kick tells, but nobody was listening.

To make things worse, attendants were in red shirts. Hello! Any “Star Trek” fan can tell you the people in red shirts are in constant danger.

To be a Clydesdale Handler for Bud (Anheuser-Busch), one needs “extensive experience with large draft horses, a strong work ethic, physical fitness and an innate ability to know when to duck.” The gig pays $35.24 per hour, or about $73,000 per year. A perk of the job: Free beer. We are not making this up.

Another perk: All the fertilizer you can carry.

The Clydesdales used in public appearances are chosen for their size, markings and (wait for it) temperament.

However, they’re still animals.

And they shouldn’t be in casinos surrounded by people.

Another few inches (pause the video at 20 seconds) and this Budweiser attendant would be dead. Or worse. What is worse than death? She may have had to seek medical care in Nevada.

Don’t laugh until you’ve had one of these incompetent psychopaths remove a ureteral stent via a retrieval string coming out of your penis. That will make you wince harder than a horse nearly kicking a woman in the head, believe you us.

That unpleasantness aside, what if the horse had experienced its panic attack in the midst of a crowd of casino patrons or rodeo attendees?

Sorry, but animals shouldn’t be used as entertainment. Especially inbred animals. Did we learn nothing from Roy Horn’s white tiger attack?

There may be no incident for years, but it only takes one for someone to be seriously injured or headless.

Are we being overly dramatic about this ultimately harmless mishap? Do you understand the Internet at all? Harmless things are boring and get no views. Well, that fireplace on YouTube is pretty harmless, and that’s gotten 157 million views, but let’s not get bogged down with granular details. Somebody estimated that video has generated $1.2 million in revenue, as if you didn’t already feel badly enough about your lack of creativity.

Back to business: Exploiting animals to advertise beer is an outdated, borderline barbaric practice. There’s A.I. now, so these poor Clydesdales, however pampered they might be, can be put out to pasture.

Budweiser can’t be forced to give up their beloved mascots, but it would behoove them to.

If a casino insists upon having horses inside its walls, the very least they can do is Dean Martin’s “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head” on a loop during NFR. Talk about viral.