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LI mounted drill team to perform at Macy's parade
Quick ReadThe Spirit of Long Island Mounted Drill Team will perform at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Photo credit: Newsday/Jim Peppler | The Spirit of Long Island Mounted Drill Team performed at the 10th annual "World of Horses" Day at Belmont Park. (May 27, 2007)
When they perform at racetracks such as Belmont Park, the 20 horses of the Spirit of Long Island Mounted Drill Team spread out in a wide, V-shaped formation called the echelon.
On Thursday, when they appear before television cameras in Herald Square as part of the 83rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the horses will line up in a much more confined space. They will form a pair of V's - one...
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