Stanislaw Shurik

One of the most outstanding contemporary Polish breeders of sports horses, a daring entrepreneur, an excellent farmer honored with the title of Farmer of Pomerania and Kujawy.

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In November, Stanisław Szurik joined the group of outstanding figures of Polish breeding and equestrianism, whom in 2016 we sadly said goodbye to forever. . It was the steeds bred at his stud in Liszków for years that determined the quality of Kuyavian-Pomeranian breeding of noble horses - they were the object of admiration and an unsurpassed role model for all of us.

Stanisław became interested in horse breeding in the mid-90s, when he started farming at the Liszkowo farm located in Krajna, a place with over a hundred years of tradition of breeding noble horses. Having extensive experience in agriculture and breeding other types of livestock, he focused on quality from the very beginning. The starting material with which he organized the stud were mares from renowned domestic and foreign breedings and stallions from the best lines. From the beginning, he paid a lot of attention to the selection of the bred material in terms of utility and exterior. This concept perfectly fit into the first true breeding events (mare performance tests, reviews and breeding exhibitions) organized by the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Horse Breeders Association, in which Liszków horses played the leading roles from the very beginning.

At the same time, the infrastructure for breeding and training horses was developed in the form of stylish adaptations of XNUMXth-century stables, an indoor riding arena, and new pastures. In the breeding of noble horses, as in no other, the competence and commitment of people who work directly with the animals are important. Stanisław had a good hand in this respect - the stables in Liszków were visited by Jakub Kaczmarek, Rafał Narloch, Anita Raszka, Jan Korczyński, Katarzyna Szczuiał and, above all, Krzysztof Kierzek - later the commander of ZT Bielice, one of the best training centers for young horses in Poland, and today the President of the Polish Horse Racing Club in Warsaw.

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Author of the text: Tomasz Bagniewski

We would like to thank the Polish Horse Breeders Association and the magazine Breeder and Rider for permission to publish the above material – PLPJ editorial office.