Bow. vet. Arabian horse breeder, in the years 2000-2016 president of the Janów Podlaski Stud, vice-president of the World Federation of Arabian Horses (WAHO).
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The Stud Farm in Janów Podlaski is a monument of our material culture. Unique because it is still alive, allowing breeders, horse lovers and numerous tourists visiting the stud farm to experience a journey into the past and breathe the air of the early 19th century, when horses were everyday companions of the people of that time.
Our task is to take care of the Janów stud farm with its horses, tradition, architecture and preserve this national treasure for future generations.
The stud farm's over two-hundred-year history clearly shows that regardless of the economic or political system, state stud farms had and still have a very important mission to fulfill. The aim of their activities was and still is to provide domestic breeders with access to genetic resources necessary for breeding.
This mission today is as important, or perhaps even more important, than in the past. History clearly shows that both in Poland and in many other countries of the world, horse breeding has experienced ups and downs. Large and highly successful private stud farms disappeared, and their achievements were not continued due to the lack of equally talented successors. The great sensitivity of private horse breeding to macroeconomic disturbances and random events causes a sudden interruption in the continuity of breeding work. Numerous examples, one of the most important being the history of the Janów Podlaski Stud Farm, show that state stud farms, resistant to economic factors, are a gene bank that allows field breeding to be reactivated after temporary crises. If the Jarczowiec, Sławuck, Antoniński and Radowiec mares had not been gathered in Janów after World War I, these lines, so important for breeding, would almost certainly have disappeared and it is difficult to imagine the modern breeding of pure-bred Arabian horses in Poland and in the world without their presence. (…)
Author: Marek Trela
Source: “Janów Podlaski Stud Farm, 1817-1914” (2018) – Marek Trela
Entry updated: 27.12.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX
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):
Publications
“White & Black” [EN](2023) – Marian Gadzalski
“Black & White” (2020) – Zofia Raczkowska
“The Murdered Legend” (2017) – Bogusław Lustyk
“Marek Trela. My horses, my life” [fragments] (2016) – Ewa Bagłaj
“Distinguished horse breeders” (2014)
“Polish Ovation” [EN](1985) – Editorial team
“Janów Podlaski Stud” (1967) – Andrzej Krzyształowicz
“The history of the state stud farm in Janów Podlaski” (1948) – Witold Pruski
“Characteristics of the State Stud Farm in Janów Podlaski” (1948)
Articles
“Discontinuation of the investigation into mismanagement in Janów Podlaski” (2023) – Marek Szewczyk
“Fragments of Marek Trela's memories” (2023)
"Pepita" (2020) - Jerzy Dudała
“Another Point of View – Arabian Horses” (2018)
“Janów Podlaski Stud Farm, 1817-1914” (2018) – Marek Trela
“Director Krzyształowicz's Story” (2016) – Ewa Bagłaj
"Andrzej Krzyształowicz" (2014) - Marek Trela
"Marek Trela" (2012) - Witold Danish
“The driving force of the auction is the goods” (2009) – Michał Wierusz-Kowalski
“The Stud Farm and the Arabian Herd in Janów Podlaski” (2008) – Ehrenfried Brandts
“Andrzej Krzyształowicz – memories from childhood and youth” (2003)
“In memory of my friend Eng. Andrzej Krzyształowicz” (2000)
“My life was interesting” (1998) – Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka
“My memories of A. Krzyształowicz” (1998) – Ignacy Jaworowski
“More about Ramses” (1996) – Andrzej Krzyształowicz
“1939 at the Janów Stud” (1989) – Andrzej Krzyształowicz
"Ogier Bandos" (1988) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz
“Memories of Eng. Tadeusz Marchowiecki” (1985)
“Jubilee of the 160th anniversary of the Janów Podlaski Stud and the auction of Arabian horses” (1977) – Andrzej Krzyształowicz, Izabella Zawdzak
“Memories from 30 years ago” (1976) – Andrzej Krzyształowicz
"Polish Arabians overseas" (1974) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz
"People of the Janów Stud" (1967) - Antoni Święcki
“History of SK in Janów Podlaski… 1939—1967” (1967)
“Polish ARABS” (1965) – Andrzej Krzyształowicz
"Jan Ritz" (1948) - Witold Pruski
"Janow Podlaski 1939-1944" - Marek Trela
“Imperial Decree…” (1816) – Alexander I Romanov
links
“Portrait with history – Andrzej Krzyształowicz” [link](2022)
Movies
Remembrance of predecessors (2018) | MOVIE
This decision may have irreversible consequences (2016) | MOVIE
Marek Trela in the WAHO authorities (2016) | MOVIE
Rozmowy Pulsu – Marek Trela (2016) | MOVIE
Marek Trela – Guest of the 'Rozmowy Pulsu' program (2015) | MOVIE
Related Legends:
Janów Podlaski Horse Stud
On October 6, 1816, Tsar Alexander I of Russia signed a decree establishing the State Stud Farm and Stallion Stud. The over 200-year history of this stud farm is a beautiful history of Polish and world Arabian horse breeding.
Arabian horse auctions – Janów Podlaski, 1996-2000
The history of the Arabian horse auction in Janów in the years 1996 - 2000 according to Marek Grzybowski.
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
Arabian horse auctions – Janów Podlaski, 1970-1991
The history of the first stage in the history of the Arabian horse auction in Janów Podlaski in the years 1970 - 1991 according to Marek Grzybowski.
PEPITA (EKSTERN-PEPESHA)
Daughter of Michałów's Ekstern. A legendary mare from Janów Stud. Sold for EUR 1
Marian Gadzalski
Polish artist photographer. Photographs of horses and landscapes of Podlasie became his lifelong passion. One of the Polish magicians of horse photography.
Zofia Raczkowska
One of the most famous horse photographers. Great photos from the wild pastures of Norway, iconic photos from Janów, Michałów and Białka.
RAMSES (RITTERSPORN - JORDI)
The most outstanding representative and showcase of pre-war Polish breeding, who entered the world's breeding and equestrian history with golden letters.
Maria Plater-Zyberk
Merited for breeding sport horses in the world. On her farm (Wojcieszków) an outstanding horse (father of sports horses) Ramzes was born.
WITEŹ II (OFIR - FEDERATION)
He had a huge impact on Arabian horse breeding in the world. He had his own museum while he was still alive.
OFIR (KUHAILAN HAIFI - WONDERFUL)
A horse of outstanding Arabian beauty. Nice head, very large, dark eye, large nostrils, nice neck, good body and less correct legs.
Andrzej Krzyształowicz
SK in Janów Podlaski is inseparably associated with the figure of its long-term director. He became a legend while still alive.
Jan Ziniewicz
Mastalerz of SK Janów Podlaski, who saved Witraż and Wielki Szlem during the carpet bombing of Dresden.
STAINED GLASS (OFIR – MAKATA)
Stained glass - played a significant role in the world's purebred horse breeding. Even in Australia, Aladdin's son has recently become a champion.
GRAND SLAM (OFIR – ELEGANTKA)
Very correct build, deep, broad in the chest, medium movement, head not large, large dark eye.”
John Ritz
On December 18.12.1817, 154, he marched XNUMX horses from Moscow to Janów Podlaski. The first organizer of SK in Janów Podlaski.
PIANISSIMA (Gazal Al Shaqab – Pianosa / Eucalyptus)
A breeding phenomenon on a global scale. An almost perfect Arabian horse
Gallery:
Horse Racing Track in Służewiec. A well-deserved sip from the won Cup held by Marek Trela.
A rider, veterinarian, director of the State Stud Farm in Janów Podlaski, Marek Trela, has in his biography, after his mother, a difficult war for Poland, the war of his grandfather Władysław Marcinkowski in the First and Second World Wars. His entire family was deported to Siberia.
Pepita and Marek Trela, photo: Erwin Escher, published with the permission of Araby Magazine
Marek Trela as the president of the Janów Podlaski Stud Farm, with the stallion Eukaliptus, photo: Stuart Vesty Photography.
