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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Four soldiers in uniform ride horses on a muddy racetrack as hundreds look on from a grandstand.

Race Gait

From left, Army Pfc. Alyssa Demers, Sgt. Dawson Harrell, Spc. Ryan Frias and Spc. Tyler Boyer, assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's Commanding General's Mounted Color Guard, gallop off of Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Ky., after a passing the colors ceremony before the 151st Kentucky Derby, May 3, 2025. This was the first year that Army horses performed at the Kentucky Derby.

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