Cavalryman, breeder, traveler. One of the visionaries of Arabian horse racing and breeding in Poland. He died forgotten in poverty.
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A man whose life story is suitable for the screenplay of a blockbuster film, with horses in the foreground.
He was born in 1884 in the family estate in Rabe near Ustrzyki Dolne.
After the end of World War I, he leased the Czaple estate, where he founded a thoroughbred stud with five mares.
He ran a racing stable that was successful in Warsaw and Lviv. In 1922, in Riders and Breeders, he presented the idea of establishing a studbook for Arabian horses. He proposed performance tests for Arabian horses in the form of races.
An outstanding thoroughbred horse expert who bought and showed the world the desert stallion KUHAILAN HAIFI or.ar. A cosmopolitan to whom Arabian horse racing and breeding in Poland owes a lot.
Entry updated: 05.03.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX
Bogdan Ziętarski he died of a heart disease on February 14, 1958 in a hospital in Milicz (aged 74) and was buried in the local parish cemetery. Everything indicates that today his grave no longer exists.
Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
Click on the links below to go to related materials in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
"Polish Arabian Horse Breeding 1918-1939" (2002) - Roman Pankiewicz
"People of merit for Polish Arabian horse breeding" (1986) - Roman Pankiewicz
"Kuhailan Haifi's bloodline" (1984) - Roman Pankiewicz
"Two centuries of Polish Arabian horse breeding (1778-1978)" (1983) - Witold Pruski
"Hungarian breeding of half-breed horses" (1935) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"Mechanical counterstarter" (1934) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"On current issues regarding the breeding of Arabian horses" (1932) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"Breeding news" (1930) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"The Sanguszko Prince Stud" (1933) - Roman Sanguszko
"The tasks of breeding an Arabian horse" (1933) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"Theory of the racing program" (1933) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"Impressions from Hungary, visiting state stud farms" (1929) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"Notes from a trip to the Arabians" (1929) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"The Herd of Gumniska" (1928) - Edward Skorkowski
"Impressions from Arabian horse races" (1927) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"About renovation purchases" (1925) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"On the need to establish a stud book for oriental horses and races" (1922) - Bogdan Ziętarski
"The Purebred Arab horse in Poland" [EN] - Roman Pankiewicz
Related Legends:
Rider and Breeder, 1922-1939
A pre-war weekly magazine addressed to breeders, athletes, racing and horse enthusiasts. Poles for whom the history of our country is inextricably linked with horse breeding and equestrian sports.
Racing News, 1926-1991
The official authority for horse racing issued by the Society for the Encouragement of Horse Breeding in Poland, pursuant to the provisions of the "Racing Rules" established by the Minister of Agriculture.
Gumniska Horse Stud
Gumniska Stud Farm – Dr E. SKORTOWSKI, senior – RIDER AND BREEDER, 1928 No. 51.
Slavuta Horse Stud
Stud of the princes Sanguszko - ROMAN SANGUSZKO, the elder - RIDER AND BREEDER, 1933, No. 33
Roman Wladyslaw Sanguszko
Prince, breeder of Arabian horses (Slawuta Stud, Gumniska), philanthropist. One of the 30 richest landowners in Poland in the interwar period.
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