Welcome to Equestrian Federation of Assam

Welcome to

Equestrian Federation of Assam

In 1985 a group of friends got together and organised the first Horse Show in Dibrugarh District Planters club. The seed of the formation of EFA was thus sown. Subsequently the Equestrian Federation of Assam was formed in the mid-nineties to introduce and promote equestrianism in Assam and North Eastern states of India.

FEI Solidarity Award 2017

With millions of horses around the world that have retired from racing at a young age and still bearing a lot of potential, the Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) project is an FEI Solidarity programme aimed at educating local horse trainers on techniques in retraining.

The Federation won the FEI Solidarity Award 2017 for their dedication to finding a new purpose for former racehorses, and thus enabling greater access to horses for the development of the sport.

The big picture of this project is to develop equestrian sports in India and get more people riding by providing a larger pool of horses while training riders and coaches on how to produce horses to Elementary level Dressage / 1.10 m Jumping / FEI 1* Eventing.

What started out as a pilot project turned out to be a huge success, which is why FEI Solidarity have trained a group of tutors in South East Asia in 2018 to run a course on how to implement the same reconversion of the horses applied in India the region.

General O.P. Malhotra Best Rider Trophy

The General O.P. Malhotra Memorial Trophy is awarded each year to the Best Rider in the State Equestrian Championships. The trophy commemorates the contribution of General Om Prakash Malhotra to equestrian sports in the northeast region.

General O.P. Malhotra served as the 13th Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1978 to 1981 and thereafter, was the India’s Ambassador to Indonesia and Governor of Punjab. He was a keen sportsperson and was the founder President of the Asian Equestrian Federation.

He served as the President of the Equestrian Federation of India for nine long years. It was primarily for his effort, the equestrian as a sport was included in the Asian Games from 1981. General Malhotra worked tirelessly to decentralise equestrian sports in India and was instrumental in the inception of the Equestrian Federation of Assam.

This trophy was unveiled at the inaugural Assam State Equestrian Championships, 2021 held at Numaligarh, Assam. Since then, it has been awarded twice – in 2021 and 2022. Mr. Nammeri Ahmed of Dibrugarh has retained the trophy both times.