The purpose of PZHK is, among others: representing the interests and protecting the rights of horse breeders, supervision and control over organizational and substantive matters of the Associations and Sections, and improving horse breeding and breeding.
Polish Horse Breeders Association (PZHK) is a social organization bringing together individual breeders, state stud farms and herds, and other socialized farms engaged in horse breeding. (…)
PZHK has existed in its current organizational form since May 1957. However, the history of associations bringing together Polish horse breeders is much longer. Already during the partitions, there were various local organizations connecting breeders and working on improving the horse population on Polish lands. (…)
Efforts to reactivate the currently existing Polish Horse Breeders' Association began at the beginning of 1957. The official and formal establishment of the PZHK again took place during the first general congress of delegates of the provincial associations established in the meantime, which took place in Warsaw on May 11, 1957. At this congress the Association's statute was approved and trade union authorities were elected.
Jan Czarnecki, a breeder from the Sochaczew district, was elected president, and the current vice-president was Eng. Stanisław Gościcki; Henryk Szela was appointed director of PZHK. In 1958, after H. Szela left the position of director, this function was temporarily taken over by Eng. S. Gościcki, and from 1959, Wiktor Zakrzewski, MA. (…)
A breakthrough event for PZHK and its future activities was "Order No. 105 of the Minister of Agriculture of June 27, 1958, regarding the transfer of tasks related to organizing horse breeding to the Polish Horse Breeders' Association. This ordinance was issued in consultation with the then existing Main Organizing Committee of the Association of Agricultural Circles and Organizations.
Order No. 105 gave PZHK greater powers than the other twelve trade unions and associations; namely, it commissioned the Association to conduct all breeding activities for the mass population of horses in the field. These rights are even greater since the National Horse Breeding Association maintains and publishes stud books for all useful breeds and types of horses, both in field breeding and in state herds and stud farms. (…)
It should be emphasized that the chairman of the Breeding Council, Prof., has particular merits in the activities of PZHK. Dr. Witold Pruski. No major breeding move and no major decision regarding breeding was made without His participation. And that's why Prof. Pruski deserves special gratitude from all breeders and horse lovers. (…)
Fragments of the article: “Polish Horse Breeders' Association” (1965) – Jerzy Chachuła
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(…) In 1993, on the initiative of Andrzej Sarnowski, head of the West Pomeranian Horse Breeders' Association in Szczecin, the first issue of the union's periodical "Hodowca i Jeździec", referring to the tradition of the pre-war hippological magazine "Jeździec i Hodowca", was published. After an initially uncertain period and difficult moments, the magazine has emerged as the best in its industry. (…)
(…) A story that has been taking place over the years at various organizational levels: national, district, voivodeship, poviat, district and commune. They created the common history of PZHK, but it was not possible to write about everything, let alone all the people who shaped it. For the purposes of this article, only the most important facts and events that directly influenced the activities of PZHK were selected. They prove that the Association had many difficult moments and obstacles that it had to overcome on its way. Nevertheless, he managed to survive and maintain unity. And this, despite the current various difficulties, should be wished to the birthday boy for the next 120 years.
Fragments of the article: “120 years of the Polish Horse Breeders Association” (2015) – Zbigniew Jaworski
Below you will find links to related materials in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library.
Entry updated: 07.05.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX
“Social activists who work selflessly in a material sense play an effective role in the work of PZHK. They do it because they are interested in horse breeding and they like horses. A significant part of PZHK's achievements is due to them. For example, most of such field activities as exhibitions and shows, performance tests of recognized stallions, mares' licenses, stallion recognition, foal descriptions, export drives and a number of others are organized with the participation and help of trade union activists. Without their help, the small number of professional staff would not be able to cope with the tasks facing PZHK.
Dr. Jerzy Chachuła
“Polish Horse Breeders' Association” – Koń Polski no. 0, 1965
Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
Click on the links below to access related materials in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library (will open in a new tab):
Breeder and Rider – magazine (since 2003)
“Polish Horse Breeders' Association” (1965) – Jerzy Chachuła
“Thoroughbred horses” (1965) – Stanisław Schuch
“Transformations of horse breeding in the modern world” (1965) – Witold Pruski
“120 years of the Polish Horse Breeders Association” (2015) – Zbigniew Jaworski
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Gallery:
Photos from the article "Polish Horse Breeders' Association" - Jerzy Chachuła. Koń Polski No. 0, 1965.
Head of the Białystok Horse Breeders' Association - Eng. B. Stawiński (photo on the left) on a mare license at the Sokol horse center. A practical stallion of peasant breeding, Alarm (photo on the right) from the province of Kielce; breeder J. Mrozik, poviat Pińczów
Sztum horses at work.
A group of peasant-bred horses from the district of Nowy Sącz at the exhibition in Krakow.
