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Ghor Kalyug Tik-tk tik-tok the overloaded buggy approached the red brick imposing colonial building basking in the North Indian fog laden sunlight. Acres of golden oats surrounded the architectural marvel, since the time the great “ William Moorcroft” the first Superintendent of the stud, First English Vet, adventurer, inventor, explorer and one of the most important character of “The Great Game” introduced oats in India (For further insight in his exploits, refer book – Beyond Bukhara). “Stallion Stable – 1818” announced a sign board. The Stallion Stable of Stud Farm Pankot, producing famous equines of Indian Army was reputedly the largest of its kind in Asia. It was here that the Sires (fathers) of all the athletic sports horses, Cavalry and Presidents Bodyguard’s majestic mounts, mighty Mule Artillery and wily Mule GS were housed since Company Bahadur’s days. The buggy was being pulled by two magnificent, huge Chestnut Halflinger gelds – Golu and Molu, childhood friends. Their huge ...

A Horse called Cocktail! The horse caught my eye as it was different! It was a young colt, with patches of roan and grey (white) all over. You don’t find such color amongst the sport horses. You may find it harnessed to a chariot used in weddings but no, not on a show jumping course! The colt was in the practice arena just adjacent to the Show Jumping Arena in the Army Polo and Riding Club Delhi where a competition was on. It was one of those pleasant winter mornings in Delhi with mist still in air and golden sunshine washing over everything. Those times and those places where you don’t feel you are in Delhi. Heavenly weather and away from traffic and crowds. Among the horses amidst rolling greens on all sides with the world war fallen resting in their neat graves in the war cemetery in vicinity. More than once now, the young horse had refused to go over the practice jump much to the chagrin of the equally young rider who once again took the horse away, cantered along the boundary of t...