RICHMOND plans on using Daryl Braithwaite's song, The Horses, as match-day entertainment for its Round 1 clash against Carlton.

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The Tigers will use a parade of horses to launch the new season on Thursday night, and have planned their pre-game entertainment around Daryl Braithwaite's hit song The Horses. Braithwaite will perform the song on the MCG stage as four horses do a lap of the ground.

Richmond partner Bingle currently uses the song in a TV commercial.

The horses theme will continue at quarter time breaks, with crowd karaoke to Braithwaite's song, and again at half-time with a lip-sync battle on stage.

The song has been a feature of Hawthorn's post-match celebrations in recent years with the Hawks revealing last season they sing it after a really good interstate win. 

Braithwaite sang the song at Hawthorn's post-grand final dinner alongside the playing group on stage, while the players also sang the song in the rooms post game.