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OUR FACILITIES

Stable Management

Qatar Equestrian Federation currently houses over 400 horses at the Al Rayyan Stables. There are 60 Army horses, 60 Police horses, (Including 20 mounted duty horses), and 100 private endurance horses. The remaining horses are primarily show jumping competition horses, (120 are owned by the Federation and 60 are private).

Veterinary

Farrier

Facilities

Stable Management

Hoofs and shoes of horses have a significant importance with owners, breeders, trainers and riders. In its Code of Conduct for the welfare of the horse, the FEI insists that it requires all those involved in international equestrian sport to adhere to the Code of Conduct and to acknowledge and accept that at all times the welfare of the Horse must be paramount and must never be subordinated to competitive or commercial influences. On farriery and tack, the FIE stresses that foot care and shoeing must be of a high standard.

Farrier

The Qatar Equestrian Federation Veterinary Clinic, situated on the site of the Federation, receives up to thirty-five equine patients on a daily basis presented for a wide variety of ailments. The daily patient list includes horses from the Qatar Equestrian Federation, which take priority, the Police, the Qatar Armed Forces, the Endurance Committee, the Qatar Racing Club as well as those that are privately owned and stabled both locally and on out-lying farms.

Veterinary