Role

Remount Training School and Depots are category ‘A’ establishment with the following role:-

• To receive horse and mule young stock from Equine Breeding Studs.

• Receive newly purchased horses and mules both from within the country and abroad.

• Rear young stock upto maturity.

• Receive surplus animals, if any, on disbandment of units.

• Train horses as troopers and specialist horses on required basis.

• Train coach horses as per requirement from time to time.

• Train mules upto fully trained stage.

• Issue of trained horses and mules to all animal holding units and PBG.

• Sale of trained horses to Police, Para Military Forces and Friendly Countries.

• Hold AHQ GS and maint res of trained animals.

• Carry out breeding operations as per policy directive from Army HQ.

• To produce sufficient nutritious equine fodder for authorized animals of the Depot.

• Harvest and preserve seeds for economical farming.

• Rearing of pups upto the age of six months and their transfer to RVC Centre and College for further training as & when required.

Remount Training School and Depot, Saharanpur

The establishment was raised on 01 Feb 1843 as Stud Depot, under the aegis of Stud Dept of India with the aim to improve the stock of horses for the British Army. Subsequently, the Stud Dept was abolished in 1876 and Army Remount Dept of India was established in 1881. During those days the main task was procurement of young country bred horses and their rearing till issue to various units. In addition, a reserve of 500 Australian horses was auth in this Depot, to be kept fully trained and ready to move.

On reorganization of Army Remount Dept in 1904, this Depot was renamed as Remount Depot, Saharanpur, with the authorised strength of 2236 horses, which was revised to 2591 horses in 1908.Depot was again reorganized in 1958 and redesignated as Remount Training School and Depot, Saharanpur. The task of equine breeding has also been assigned to this Depot wef 01 Dec 1986. Presently, this establishment is designed to hold 3620 equines including 445 breeding stocks.