Legends of Polish Equestrian - Horses

VIA VITAE (DAR ER SALAM – VIA AQUIA)

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The mare bred by SK Kozienice by Dar es Salam, who at the CSIO Olsztyn competition in 1969 with her rider - Wiesław Dziadczyk, jumped the wall 2,20 m.

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Via Vitae ran three seasons, but without success. Under Wiesław Dziadczyk, she became famous for setting a Polish record in the high jump - in 1969 in Radom she jumped 205 cm, but in the same season during the CHIO in Olsztyn she won the Power of Jump competition, overcoming a 220 cm high wall.

In the Polish Championships in jumping, she was able to win a bronze medal in 1974, and in 1970 she won the competition during the CSIO in Rotterdam.

The only son of the mare Via Vitae – VIACZYK (by the outstanding stallion CZUBCZYK) also jumped splendidly. .

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Entry updated: 14.05.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX

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"It's worth going back to the past... History of Via Vitae once again" [link] (2020)

"Horses of Służewiec" (2019) - Paweł Goclowski

"History of the SKARB Riding Club at the Kozienice Stud" (2012)

"The way of life - the goal of life" (2011) - Anna Sas-Jaworska

"History of horse riding, part XXX” (1997) – Witold Domański

"Poles in the Nations Cup, 1923-1982" (1982) - Witold Domański

"Memories of Major" (1976) - Anna Sas Jaworska

"Polish Riding Horses" (1976) - Jerzy Chachuła, Wanda Bucholc-Ferenstein (p. 188)

"CSI in Warsaw and CSIO in Olsztyn in 1974." (1974) - Wladyslaw Byszewski

"Characteristics of horses competing in Olsztyn at CHIO 1969" (1970) - M. Budzyński, E. Sasimowski, S. Wadowski

"Racot - Warsaw - Olsztyn" (1969) - Witold Domański

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CZUBARYK (EROTIC – CZECZMA)

A representative of the male line of TURYSTY, son of EROTEK. An athletic stallion, whose total winnings amounted to 298.740 DM. After his sports career, he went into breeding as a leading stallion in Kozienice, siring talented offspring.

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Jerzy Sas Jaworski

Major of the Polish Army cavalry. Director of the Kozienice Stud in the years 1954–1991. Breeder of such performance horses as: Blekot, Via Vitae, Bremen, Solali, Czerkies.

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Wieslaw Dziadczyk

II Vice-Champion of Poland in Jumping over Obstacles. Trainer at Kozienice, Klikowa and Pruchna Studs. The rider who jumped the 2,20 m wall obstacle on the mare Via Vitae. To this day, the height record on this type of obstacle has not been broken in Poland.

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Wiesław Dziadczyk and Via Vitae, a couple worthy of a medal.
Via Vitae, a small brave mare who jumped 2.20 m during the jumping power competition in Olsztyn 1969.
Wiesław Dziadczyk on Via Vitae won the bronze medal in the Polish Show Jumping Championships. He got the mare from Major Marian Fabrycy, who saved her life.
The mare VIA VITAE (Dar es Salam – Via Doria by Aquino) fo. 1960 breeding SK Kozienice.
photo. Zofia Raczkowska.
Wiesław Dziadczyk from LKS Kozienice on the mare Via Vitae.
DDR CHIO Leipzig Great Prize, height 1.50m. Wieslaw Dziadczyk on Via Vitae. 70s.
Competitions in Kozienice. In the photo, Wiesław Dziadczyk in the center on Via Vitae.
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BRONZ (MERRY MINSTREL – INDUSTRY)

Breeder: Kozienice Horse Stud
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BRONZ chestnut gelding born 1961 (Merry Minstrel - Trade for Treasure).

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One of the best horses of Marian Kozicki, bred by SK Kozienice. Bronze (1970), silver (1971) and gold (1972) MP medalist in show jumping. 

Horses purchased from PSK Kozienice for sports clubs have achieved a number of triumphs in international horse competitions.

Bronz and Brzeszcze were part of the Polish team that won the Nations Cup in 1969 at the CHIO in Olsztyn, with Bronz having clean courses.

Bronz (Merry Minstrel) won the CC class competition at the CHIO in Aachen, where the best horses in the world participated.

In 1968, this horse, ridden by M. Kozicki, won the Award of the Minister of Foreign Trade at the CHIO in Olsztyn. Recently, in 1969 in Leipzig, the Bronz ridden by Kozicki won the great prize of the German Democratic Republic.

Polish Champion in show jumping in 1972 (Marian Kozicki), silver medalist in 1971 and bronze in 1970.

A two-time Olympian - in Mexico (1968) he was individually the best of the Polish team (35th place), and also competed in Munich (1972).

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"Marian Kozicki" (2012) - Witold Danish

"History of horse riding, part XXXIII” (1998) – Witold Domański

"History of horse riding, part XXXII” (1998) – Witold Domański

"History of horse riding, part XXXI” (1998) – Witold Domański

"Poles in the Nations Cup, 1923-1982" (1982) - Witold Domański

"The most interesting starts in international show jumping competitions 1956-1979" (1981) - J. Chachuła, W. Bucholc-Ferenstein

"Polish riding horses, edition 2" (1981) - Jerzy Chachuła and Wanda Bucholc-Ferenstein

Gallery:

Member of the Olympic team Marian Kozicki on Bronze, kennel PSK Kozienice. photo. S. Rozwadowski.
Marian Kozicki on Bronza, 70s. From the collection of the Office of the KJ Legia Kozielska Association.
M. Kozicki on the embankment. Bronz xx during the show jumping JMP in Warsaw in 1973 - XNUMXth place, photo by M. Ołtuszewski.
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JAMAIKA (JUROR-JAMIRA)

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The pearl of SK Widzów. Dżamajka is the first mare in the post-war history of Polish racing to win the Triple Crown (Rulera – Derby – St. Leger).

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DŻAMAJKA chestnut mare born 1997 (Juror – Dżamira by Rutilio Rufo) bred by SK Widzów

The only triple-crowned mare in Polish history

Winner of as many as 4 out of 5 classics of the 2000 racing season - Rulera, Derby (in a record-breaking 20-horsepower!), Oaks and St. Leger and the most important of the comparative distance trials - the Great Warsaw, as well as the Iwno Award, which gave it the title of "Horse of the Year".

As a four-year-old, she won the Golejewko and Kozienice Awards (an injury after that race ended her track career), and in Bratislava she defeated GALILEO in Velka cena Slovenska. Her son - DŻERALD (by Roulette) won the Trial and the Skarb Award with a two-year-old. Dżamajka – winner of 11 races (in 13 starts!) – he trained Bogdan Strojwas, and with the exception of a winning debut, a jockey was always mounted Tomasz Dul.

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Entry updated: 20.04.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX

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"My whole life with Thoroughbreds" (2011) - Anna Deszczyńska

"Dżamajka - a pearl from Widzów" (2005) - Paweł Gocłowski

Group I race - 16.09.1999 - Jamaica (1999) | MOVIE

"The Stud of Widzów-Skrzydłów Horses" (1978) - Stanisław Schuch

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Photos: Wlodzimierz Sierakowski / Edyta Twaróg

  • Dżamajka and Tomasz Dul.
    On my way to the Blue Ribbon. photo. W.S
  • Dżamajka and Tomasz Dul. Derby 2.07.2000. Photo: ET
  • Jamaica – winner of the Ruler Award. Photo: ET
  • Jarosław Koch and the mare Dżamajka. SK Widzów, November 2002.
  • Jarosław Koch and the mare Dżamajka. SK Widzów, November 2002.
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NORTON (EFFORT-NEKANDA)

Breeder: Golejewko Horse Stud
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Team silver and 6th place individually at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 are the greatest successes of Norton ridden by Wiesław Hartman.

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Gelding NORTON c.gn. born 1969 (Effort / Nekanda / Good Bye) bred by SK Golejewko

He ran (in Andrzej Walicki's training) three seasons (2-4 years) 21 times, winning three times. In addition, he was 3xII, 7xIII and 2xIV. Team silver and 6th place individually at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 and 6th place in the Aachen Grand Prize 1981 are the greatest successes of Norton ridden by Wiesław Hartman.

The couple competed in the European Championships twice (1979 and 1983), 16 times at the CSIO and 11 times at the CSI. They competed in the Polish Show Jumping Championships 6 times, taking the following places: 3xII (1976, 1978, 1980), 1xIII (1983), 1xIV (1979), 1xV (1977).

In the Nations Cup, Norton was always a sure horse for the squad - he started 16 times, not counting the European and Olympic Games.

Norton's mother is also the third mother of NIEWIIĘZA, and both his father and his mother's father gave sporty offspring.

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Publications

"Norton" (2021) –ujemyskoki.pl

"Norton" (1985) - Helena and Józef Zagor

"Poles in the Nations Cup, 1923-1982" (1982) - Witold Domański

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Miłosna Stallion Herd (2021) | MOVIE

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Norton's pedigree - source: bazakoni.pl
Happiness Day, Wiesław Hartman sitting on the Norton at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow (1980). Silver medal in the Nations Cup.
Wieslaw Hartman on horse Norton. photo. from arch. Wiesław Hartman.
Wieslaw Hartman on horse Norton. photo. from arch. Wiesław Hartman.
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MASINI (DIXIELAND-MANSARDA)

Breeder: The Spectators' Horse Stud
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MASINI horse stallion born 1999 (Dixieland – Mansarda by Miami Prince) bred by SK Widzów

An excellent stipler, who was most successful (in Czech training - Čestmir Olehla) in Italy, where he won the Grande Steeple Chase di Milano Group 1 twice, and the first one also missed the Gran Premio Merano Group 1.

In May 2005, he finished seventh (paying) in the Grand Steeple-chase de Paris Group 1 at the central Paris circuit of Auteuil.

He also beat his rivals on the treadmills of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and the sum of his winnings (5xI in hurdle races and 9xI in steeplechase) in Czech crowns exceeded 13.600.000!

After a two-year career (tr Anna Nieora) in Poland (he ran 7 times: 1xIII, 1xIV, 3xV) he was sold at the autumn auction of horses in training (Polturf) for PLN 4.000.

Inbred 2×3 to the stallion CONOR PASS and 3×5 to the stallion DORPAT Masini, he returned to Poland and took the lead box, but he is not successful in the herd.

Authors of the entry: Paweł Gocłowski, Miroslav Vlček

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"Masini returns home" (2016) - Miloslav Vlček

"The Stud of Widzów-Skrzydłów Horses" (1978) - Stanisław Schuch

"Masini - pedigree and winnings"

Winners 100 Stars Catalog - 2021

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Masini. photo. Zenon Kisza.


Masini. photo. Zenon Kisza.

Masini wins the Gran Premio di Merano (Gd1). photo. Arigossi Fabrizio.
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TIUMEN (BEACONSFIELD-TOSCANELLA)

Breeder: Moszna Horse Stud
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Trained and ridden by the icon of Czech turf - Josef Vana, he won three times (in 2009-2011) Tyumen in Wielka Pardubice - one of the most difficult obstacle races in the world.

He is the only horse of Polish breeding who was able to win this famous (run since 1874!) race and one of eight (among them is the charge of the Polish trainer Grzegorz Wróblewski - the mare ORPHEE DES BLINS 2012-14) that won three times.

After the hat-trick, Tyumen made three more starts in Wielka Pardubice, taking places - third, not finishing the race, and sixteenth.

Throughout his career, he has been successful in hurdle races (2xI) and obstacle races - cross country (5xI), and the sum of his winnings in Czech crowns exceeded 7!

The inconspicuous gelding comes from the TIRANA mare family bred by Jan Bronikowski, famous for horses talented both in racing (TOSKAŃCZYK, TITANIC, TOSKANELLA, TOSKANO, TOTUS, TURNUS, TREBIA, TORYT, TIJA) and in sports (TIMUR, TYRAS, TENOR, TIKSI, TORREADOR ) or stallions used in domestic half-bred horse breeding (TOLEDO, TEXAS).

Author of the entry: Paweł Gocłowski, Marek Wachel

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Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, congratulates the winner of VP - Josef Váňa. Equestrian Agency project award.
Josef Váňa and Tyumen. photo. Zenon Kisza
Decoration Josef Váňa 121 VP.
Josef Váňa & Josef Váňa. Sculpture designed by Jerzy Bokrzycki.
Implementers of the Josef Váňa sculpture project at the Pardubice Racetrack.
Josef Váňa and Tyumen. photo. Zenon Kisza
Josef Váňa and Tyumen. photo. Zenon Kisza
Tyumen. photo. Zenon Kisza
Josef Váňa and Tyumen. photo. Zenon Kisza
Josef Váňa and Tyumen. photo. Zenon Kisza
Josef Váňa and Tyumen. photo. Zenon Kisza
Josef Váňa and Tyumen. photo. Zenon Kisza
Historic cup won by Josef Váň (3rd in a row), by Anna Bober, Agencja Jeździecka.
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LARK (IBRAHIM-SWALK)

Breeder: Antoniny Stud Farm – Count Józef Potocki
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Antoniny, the legendary Volhynian estate of Count Józef Potocki (1862-1922), was famous for its wealth, modern agro-industrial economy, par force hunting organized on a grand scale, and thoroughbred horse breeding, dating back to the end of the XNUMXth century.

The greatest pride of Józef Potocki's Antonin breeding, and at the same time the most famous Arabian stallion bred at the Polish stud, was and still is Skowronek.

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Author of the entry: Aldona Cholewianka-Kruszyńska

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"Lark" (2004) - Aldona Cholewianka-Kruszyńska

"About Ibrahim, father of Skowronek" (1971) - Roman Potocki

"On Lady Wentworth's Book" (1938) - Roman Potocki

"Arab Breeding in Great Britain" (1929) - Józef Potocki




A. Novâk-Zemplinski, Skowronek, ol. board, 2004. Collection of Marek Potocki.
photo. Erazm Ciolek.
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PEPITA (EKSTERN-PEPESHA)

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Breeder: Janów Podlaski Horse Stud
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No one expected that the 46th Pride of Poland Auction in 2015 would go down in history, due to the record price for the horses sold, i.e. EUR 4,5 million, and above all for the price achieved by the gray, Janów-bred Pepita - 1 400 euros.

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Pepita was born on January 29, 2005. In 2008, she ran at WTWK in Wrocławskie Partynice at distances of 5×2000 meters, 1×1800 and 1×1600, and her results out of 7 starts were 1xI, 1xII, 1xIII and 3xIV, which, as you can see, did not hurt her beauty, and was part of the philosophy Polish Arab who is supposed to be beautiful and brave. Its dimensions are 150 - 176 - 18,75. In 2010, she is fourth at the National Show in Janów, but already in 2014 she wins the mare class and becomes the Senior Mare Champion and Best in Show.

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Pepita is the daughter of Michałów's multichampion, the gray Ekstern, who won all the shows in which he participated. In 2000 he became Polish National Senior Stallion Champion, All Nations Cup Champion in Aachen, European and World Champion. He also has the WAHO trophy, awarded in 2008 to an outstanding representative of purebred Arabian Polish breeding.

Pepita's mother - grey, with a beautiful coat from Janów, Pepesza is the daughter of the legendary Eukaliptus. She was born on February 1993, 6, and passed away on January 2018, 2006. She was sold at an auction in Janów in 135 for PLN XNUMX. euro. Her photo with the stable kitty won the cover of an auction catalogue. After the sale, the auctioneer said that this price also included this kitten. It is not known whether he went with his stablemate to Hennessy Arabians in Florida. She captivated with her type, swan neck, beautiful head and movement. In Janów, she left daughters Polifonia, Pernilla, Pensacola and Pepita, and sons Perseusz and Pegasus.
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Pepita, the legendary mare from the Janów Stud, still gives her breeders reasons to be proud and satisfied. One should hope that both she and her offspring will bring a lot of positive experiences and joy to their new owners.

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Author of the entry: Jerzy Dudała

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“Top 10 Horses Sold at Auctions 1970” (2023) – Krystyna Chmiel

"PEPITA" (2020) - Jerzy Dudała

"The first championship of pure-bred Arabian horses and the 1979th auction in Janów Podlaski" (XNUMX) – Antoni Święcki

Pepita, photo by A. Pyzara,
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Pepita, photo by Erwin Escher, courtesy of Araby Magazine
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QUESTION (MONOGRAM-QUEST)

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Mares Championship in Aachen (1999). In 2000 - European Championships, in Polish colors - World Championships 2007. Sold for 1 EUR

Kwestura (Monogramm – Kwesta/Pesennik) was born on February 10, 1995 and already as a small foal attracted attention. She was very pretty, exceptionally kind and trusting, clinging to people. In the stable, she greeted us with a low neigh, hoping for a treat, a sugar cube or a piece of apple.

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The fame that Kwestura gained in Paris prompted us to put the mare on the Pride of Poland auction in 2008.

Kwestura was led to the ring by Mariusz Liśkiewicz - the mare looked great being at the top of her form. She gave a wonderful spectacle, danced floating above the ground and delighted everyone.

The auction was exciting and the happy buyer was Ajman Stud from the United Arab Emirates, paying a record amount of EUR 1 for the mare.

Only in 2015 this record was broken by Pepita, Ekstern's daughter. Kwestura provided the parent stud with a great training center - a spacious hall and two stables with a total of 60 stalls. We call it the “Kwestury Centre”.

Author of the entry: Urszula and Jerzy Białobokowie (read more - click)

photo: Stuart Vesty, from the collection of Urszula and Jerzy Białobok

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Entry updated: 22.08.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX

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“Top 10 Horses Sold at Auctions 1970” (2023) – Krystyna Chmiel

"Kwestura - 'The Best'" (2020) - Urszula and Jerzy Białobokowie

"Urszula and Jerzy Białobok in Tomasz Jurga's photography" (2007) - Tomasz Jurg

"The first championship of pure-bred Arabian horses and the 1979th auction in Janów Podlaski" (XNUMX) – Antoni Święcki

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Michałów Horse Stud

It was founded in 1953. It took over the horses from the stud in Klemensów, near Zamość, which was liquidated at the same time. Together with the horses, a breeder, Mr. Ignacy Jaworowski, was transferred to Michałów, later its director for many years.

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SAW (PALAS – PIERZGA)

Winner of the European and World Championships in 1981. Director Andrzej Krzyształowicz burst into tears when he heard the Polish national anthem played in her honor in Paris. Bought by fashion designer Paulo Gucci - she left five daughters in Poland.

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BANDOS (NEGATIW - BANDOLA)

og. Bandos s. 1964 (Negatiw – Bandola by Witraż), bred by SK Janów Podlaski, sire line Ibrahim db. imp. 1907 to Antonin, female family of Mlecha or.ar. imp. 1845 to Jarczowce

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PERFINKA (ESPARTO-PERFIRKA)

Perfinka (Esparto-Perfirka/Gazal Al Shaqab) with the American Golden Triple Crown. He is the third Polish horse to win this prestigious title. After Janów's Pogrom and Michałów's Wieża Mocy, the time has come for Perfinka z Białka.

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Burial. Justyna Jaszczewska, Michałów 2008.
Burial. Justyna Jaszczewska, Michałów 2008.
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PERFINKA (ESPARTO-PERFIRKA)

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Breeder: Białka Horse Stud
Patron: Malopolska Plant Breeding

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z o. o. (Esparto – Perfirka / Gazal Al Shaqab), b. 2011

Perfect is the third Polish horse to win the American golden triple crown. After Janów's Pogrom and Michałów's Wieża Mocy, it was time for Perfinka from Białka.

From the remaining offspring of Perforacja, numbering 15 animals, the most valuable turned out to be Perfirka p. 2003 (by Gazal Al Shaqab), also gray in a beautiful hreka and dry as pepper. In 2014 she was sold to the USA, where - in foreign hands, but still a living advertisement of Polish breeding - in 2016. won the Scottsdale Classic Senior Mare Championship, the second most prestigious American show after the US National Championships. Three daughters remained in her hometown of Białka - Parilla gn. 2009 (after Enzo), Perforia gn. 2013 (after Vitorio T.O.) and the best – Perfinka p. 2011 (by Esparto).

When pronouncing her name, a rhyme suggests itself: "Perfinka - girl"! There is something about her that cannot be described in any other way than "girlish charm". It consists of the "curious" look of large, black eyes in a small, dry head; and a long, slender, high-set neck; and the topline like an "ironing board", ending in a high-set and gaily waving tail; but above all – movement!

As you can see, this whole family group is characterized by a showy and effective show movement, passed down from generation to generation, but the movement Perfect is unique and incomparable. For she does not move, but dances! He runs into the show ring with a dance step, his feet hardly touching the ground. No wonder that he charms almost all judges. She started as a yearling, winning her class at the 2012 Junior Spring Show.

In the same year, she won the Top Ten Yearling Mares at the World Championships in Paris. And then it all went downhill. 2013 – Reserve World, European and Polish Junior Mare Championships, Nations Cup Junior Mare Championships in Aachen; 2014 – PSAIAHF Championships in Saudi Arabia, April 2019 – Las Vegas Breeders Cup Championships and finally, the crowning achievement – ​​the US National Championships on November 25, 2019! Fortunately, she is only leased there, and these days she was preparing to perform in Scottsdale (13-23.02.2020), where her mother triumphed. The performance was as expected – she unanimously won her age class (8-year-old and older mares), and on the last day of the show – the Senior Mare Championships, which together gives the American “Triple Crown”!

The strenuous training took a toll on her condition, but that's what models and finalists of "Miss" competitions usually look like, and let her return to her mother herd, her guardians will feed her!

Mentor: Lucjan Cichosz
Author of the entry: Prof. dr hab. Christina Chmiel
An excerpt from the article - Pride of Białka, or where did Pesal and Perfinka come from (click to go to the article on pcbj.pl)

photo: Ewa Imielska Hebda

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“Top 10 Horses Sold at Auctions 1970” (2023) – Krystyna Chmiel

Pride of Białka, or where did Pesal and Perfinka come from (2020) – Krystyna Chmiel

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