Jan 18, 2021 / 07:22 PM EST
CULVER, Ind. (WISH) An Indiana school has a special connection with presidential inaugurations: Culver Academies’ students and horses have been part of inauguration parades over more than a century.
They started preparing months ago, in early October.
Riders put in hours of practices three times of week with the horses, and even Sunday rides through town.
Carly Chandler is one of those riders.
“It’s also really awesome to be able to ride amongst your friends, especially in something as cool as this,” Chandler, a senior from Indianapolis, told News 8.
Forty-eight Black Horse Troopers and 22 Equestriennes made a video in parade formation, for the chance to represent Indiana in the virtual “Parade Across America” during Wednesday’s presidential inauguration.