2024-07-10 15:12:13
After these three months of confinement marked by the cancellation or postponement of equestrian competitions, the activities of the clubs have resumed their normal course to the great joy of the horses accustomed to a particular way of life including regular training.
Equestrian clubs, which include several categories including show jumping, dressage and endurance, have had to find alternatives allowing horses to maintain their performance and physical fitness, while respecting the safety measures imposed by the epidemic context.
Being athletic by nature, horses can lose their vitality if their activities decrease and can suffer injuries that would hinder their rapid return to competition.
In this sense, Ms. Mouna Benkhraba, manager of the Royal Club Équestre du Lac, indicated in a statement to MAP that the club management fully adhered to the decision of the competent authorities to suspend sporting activities and close the clubs last March.
The management has therefore taken several precautionary measures to preserve the safety of practitioners, managers and horses, in particular by limiting the number of grooms to two to take care of the horses during the confinement period, stressed Ms. Benkhraba.
The club chose among the grooms those who could remain confined in the club during this entire period, explained Ms. Benkhraba, specifying that accommodation and means of subsistence were made available to them until the return of sporting activity.
For his part, the president of the Royal Club Équestre du Lac, Chafik Benkhraba, stressed that the club has taken all necessary precautions and measures to ensure the safety of grooms, particularly through the daily and permanent sterilization of the club’s facilities and stables.
The club established a special program and specific training periods for the horses, which could not remain locked in stables for a long time, Benkhraba said, adding that this would cause them leg pain as well as severe abdominal pain.
This program was divided between the horses of club members and the horses of the competitions under the club, added Mr. Benkhraba.
The club president explained that veterinary monitoring was provided during the lockdown, noting that the veterinarian was contacted whenever a horse was injured or suffering from any illness.
Mr. Benkhraba, Moroccan champion on several occasions and one of the members of the Moroccan show jumping team, did not fail to acknowledge the financial and moral support of the Royal Moroccan Federation of Equestrian Sports and the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests.
For his part, groom El Ayachi El Bqaqla indicated that he had volunteered to take care of the horses during this period of confinement while respecting the preventive measures put in place by the authorities.
He said his mission was to walk, feed and wash the horses according to a schedule established by the club management.
2024-07-10 15:12:13