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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Michałów Stud has been breeding Arabian horses for almost 50 years. It is the largest stud farm of this breed in Poland and one of the largest in Europe and in the world. It belongs to the Agricultural Property Agency of the State Treasury - Regional Branch in Warsaw. It owns 382 Arabian horses, including 110 mares.

In addition, the Michałów Stud breeds Lesser Poland horses of the rare Tarrant color - 26 pcs., Shetland ponies (below 100 cm at the withers) - 15 pcs. and has two breeding herds of dairy cattle: Jersey and black and white with a large amount of Holstein-Friese , a total of 391 units, including 156 cows.

The stud farm is located in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, in a beautiful area called Ponidzie, 45 km south of Kielce, 230 km south of Warsaw, 100 km north of Kraków (25 km south-east of Michałów is Wiślica, the capital of the Wiślan state; according to According to the latest research, the Vistulans were baptized 100 years before Mieszko 1).

The total land area of ​​Michałów Stud is 639 ha. Agricultural land covers an area of ​​620 ha, including 95 ha of pastures, 107 ha of meadows and 418 ha of arable land. The soil is mainly rendzina with a marl base, rich in calcium and other minerals. From the perspective of several decades, it can be said that the environment for purebred Arabian horses here is by all means favorable.

The first pure Arabian mares came to Michałów as early as 1950, to the half-bred stud that exists here. They were: ARMENIA gray daughter of Witraż and MIRIAM and MUFTA bay daughters of Miech Pełkiński.

In 1953, by the decision of the Minister of Agriculture, Arabian horses from Stud Klemensów near Zamość were transferred to the Michałów Stud, 22 mares arrived: ADIS ABEBA, AKRA.AMBA, AMNERIS, ANGARA, BAJADERA, BRUSSA, DAMBA, EL ZABIBE, EPIZODA, FANFARA, FORTA, GAŁKA, GAZELLA, GWARA, LALA, LAGUNA, MOKDIARA, ORDA, SAGA, VERBENA, ZAHABU.
After the racing training was completed in autumn, the following young mares arrived: CIWITA, COSMOSA, CZAJKA, CZIKA, DARDA, DARIBBA, DEUA, DEVERA.

At the end of 1953, there were 33 purebred Arabian mares and currently we have 110 mares. Since the beginning of the Stud's existence, 116 stallions from second sire lines have been used, 2289 purebred foals have been born. 943 horses were sold for export.

Mares - characteristics of currently owned families:

Arabian mares in Michałów Stud belong to 10 dam families: Gazella db, Miecha db, Sahara db, Milordka, Ukrainka, Szwejkowska, Wołoszka, Selma db, Rodania db. and Semrie or.ar.
Two families deserve special mention: MILORDKA and SZWEJKOWSKA.

From the perspective of almost 70 years of the Stud's existence, the most valuable mare that came to Michałów was ESTOKADA kast, born on 1951 by Amurath Sahib out of Saga by Hardy bred by SK Klemensów from the female family of the mare Milordka – Sławuta. This family currently has 43 representatives in Michałów and is the most representative and adequate family for the entire Stud.

The second epoch-making mare that came to Michałów Stud in 1953 was WERBENA kast, born in 1945. 2000 by Wojski out of Kalina Wnuczek by Koheilan I from the dam of SZWEJKOWSKA – Sławuta. In 200, this family celebrated the 11th anniversary of documented breeding. Currently, there are 1986 mares from this family at the stud. This family is famous for many great horses, e.g. WARMIA, WIZJA and others, but her greatest glory for the stallion WOJSŁAW gn. born XNUMX by Tallinn (Tiersk) from Vileyka by El Paso, thanks to which the dying line of the stallion was saved. Bairac-tar or.ar. Wojsław – Champion of Poland, top-class sire, has already sired many valuable dams and four top stallions: DRUID out of Dalida, EMENOR out of Emanacja, MONAR out of Mitręga and WERBUM out of Werda.

Record prices were obtained for the following horses: DIANA $1.200.000 USA; US $609.000 DEFICIT; DRUID $500.000 Türkiye; ESTATE EUR 1.125.000 UAE; FALLADA EUR 465.000 Belgium; PIACENZA EUR 475.000 Qatar; EJ RE NE EUR 440.000 UAE; EL SAGHIRA EUR 500.000 UAE; PIACOLLA EUR 305.000 Saudi Arabia.

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Author: Urszula and Jerzy Białobok

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