Jadwiga and Jaroslaw Koch

Jarosław Koch is a breeder of e.g. the legendary mare Dżamajka, the stallion Dipol and the best obstacle horse in Poland - Masini. Longtime manager of the Widzów Stud.

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(…) he spent his childhood during the war years, as well as the first post-war years and then spent his holidays with his family in the countryside. It was then that he became interested in horses and rode them whenever he could.

In 1956, he graduated from Primary School No. 178 in Warsaw and, after taking the exam, entered the 1960th Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. T. Reytana, where he passed his final exams in XNUMX. In the same year he became a student at the Faculty of Animal Production at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

In 1958, he started horseback riding at the Warsaw Equestrian Club and competed in equestrian show jumping competitions, and was trained by the unforgettable Major Henryk Roycewicz (silver medalist of the Berlin Olympics in 1936). An avid eventer, he tried to turn the young rider into an eventing competitor, but it ended in 1961 during a competition in PSO Łobez with a fall from a horse and a broken collarbone. But he still rode horses in WKJ and in the morning trainings in the racing stables in Służewiec.

During his studies, he was a co-founder of the Student Equestrian Club at the Association of Polish Students, which was the first to promote equestrianism among students - he organized equestrian camps (holidays in the saddle) at the State Herds of Stallions in Starogard and Łąck, as well as trips to herds and stud farms, as well as hunting runs for students in stallion herd in Łąck.

On behalf of SKJ, Jarosław Koch was a member of the board of the Warsaw Regional Equestrian Association. In 1962, he completed a PZJ judge course and was a starting judge at an international horse competition in Warsaw at the stadium at Racławicka Street. He was also active on the board of the Zootechnics Circle at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, organizing science and equestrian camps in Białka, Ochaby, Sieraków and Łącko.

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Author: Jarosław Koch in cooperation with the editors of the Legendy Polskie Jeździectwo website.

The entire publication and other sources can be found in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library (click)

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