Youth from Central Kashmir's Budgam has a unique hobby

Youth from Central Kashmir's Budgam has a passion for horses. Farman Safavi inherited his passion for horse rearing and horse riding from his father and grandfather. Farman was brought up around horses and seeing his interest in horses, his father gifted him one. Now a proud owner of three high-bred horses, Farman wishes to open a stud farm in the valley.

Budgam (J&K): Farman Safavi, from Budgam district in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, inherited the hobby of keeping high-bred horses from his father and grandfather. Farman's grandfather, the late Syed Haider, was an expert in horse rearing as well as horse riding, and all these qualities he passed on to his son Syed Shafat, who is an engineer by profession. Farman spent his childhood with horses, and seeing Farman's interest in horses, his father gifted him a horse.

Farman studied in the valley up to 12th standard and later studied civil engineering in Punjab. He is currently performing his duties well. But every Sunday he goes horse-riding and takes his horses for a trot. Farman also takes his father for horseback riding.

In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat, Faram said, "Since childhood, I was attracted to horses, so my father brought me a horse. While studying in Punjab, I often went to the stud farms and learned about horses there. When I brought my first horse I knew how to deal with them and I had learned to ride as well."

Talking about the horses he owns, Farman said, "I have three horses at the moment. The eldest of them is Sultan who is four years old and Rambo is two years old and Dilshan is one year old. Dilshan was four months old when I brought him from Pushkar Fair and gave him to my father as a gift. These three are the Marwari breed horses which are considered to be the highest breed horses in India."

"I have participated in many competitions with the Sultan in Punjab and seeing the atmosphere there I want to open a good stud farm in the valley."

"In Kashmir, there used to be a race in Gulmarg and I used to take part in it and I won as well, but later the competition was stopped due to unknown reasons," said Farman.

Farman said that he is the General Secretary of Kashmir Students Union in Punjab. "Through this union, we help Kashmiri students living in Punjab whether it is a matter of studying in the college or any other problem."