chandigarh as equestrian sports have been selected for 2020 olympics after considering its wide popularity worldwide chandigarh police is all set to produce the right talent to win medals for the country in the coming years besides being used in city patrolling recently bought 40 thoroughbred horses will be used to win laurels in equestrian with an eye on winning medals at police games and at international events these horses are undergoing specialized training and the construction of an ultramodern riding turf with all arrangements will be developed by march we are constructing a wellequipped stable for horses with latest facilities for their good breeding and it will soon be complete we are also ensuring the horses get nutritious diet and right intake of water so that they could perform longer without fatigue incur less injuries and maintain bodyweight said suman kumar deputy superintendent of police training besides we are training our horses and officials so that they could perform well at prestigious tournaments there is very good talent here that can compete at global level we have enough space and infrastructure that just needs to be utilized said kumar in the last eight months chandigarh police have bought around 40 horses each costing up to rs 2 lakh from muktsar and faridkot in punjab with the help of experts the trainers have charted out a special fat and proteinrich diet plan and training routine for the horses these horses are being used for patrolling these days particularly during festivals to keep a better vigilfatrich diet chandigarh police is feeding these horses fatrich diet to groom them for better performance and ensuring minimum injury experts say that since fatrich diet contains 225 times more energy than either carbohydrates or protein increasing its level in the diet is the easiest way to save the energy level of horses