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How a B.C. company helped pull off Beyonc’s iconic halftime show entrance [Video]

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Of the approximately 27 million people who watched Beyoncé’s NFL halftime show on Christmas Day, Carole Herder was uniquely ecstatic.

The iconic 13-minute performance – nicknamed the “Beyoncé Bowl” – began with the superstar singer entering Houston’s NRG Stadium atop a white horse, which was decked out in hoof boots from Herder’s company, Cavallo Horse and Rider.

Up until that moment, Herder had no idea the removable velcro boots, which she designed with her husband as an alternative to traditional horseshoes, would be featured on the program.

“We jumped up and down,” she told CTV News. “And had a glass of champagne, as you do.”

One of the production companies involved in the halftime show had reached out to Cavallo during rehearsals, after realizing the stadium’s concrete floors might be too slippery for Beyonce’s steed.

The company, Horses for Production, had used Herder’s boots before – while outfitting a donkey that Jimmy Kimmel walked …

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