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"I believe that Gujarat has perhaps the largest equestrian force with a single state police not only in India but perhaps in the world. AHMEDABAD: Maybe it is love and compassion for animals which is getting reflected in the state police as Gujarat has India's largest equestrian force with over 600 horses. Police horses are mostly relegated to ceremonial uses or training senior police officers as vehicles have almost completely taken over patrolling. “The state police have a good number of pure breed horses. "A few other states also impart training to the civilians with police horses but nowhere we see such large number of locals flocking to the training schools as we see in Gujarat - almost all the district units have one horse-riding school..