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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:

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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)

"Janow's Horses" (2004)

"Polish Ovation" [EN](1985) - Editorial team

"Janów Podlaski Stud" (1967) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"History of the state stud 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 - purebred Arabian horses" (2018)

"Janów Podlaski Stud Farm, 1817-1914" (2018) - Marek Trela

"Director Krzyształowicz's Story" (2016) - Ewa Bagłaj

"Kluzik-Rostkowska, Linda and Sawka appeal for the reinstatement of Marek Trela ​​as president of the Janów Podlaski Stud" (2016) - Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, Bogusław Linda, Jerzy Sawka

"Andrzej Krzyształowicz" (2014) - Marek Trela

"Marek Trela" (2012) - Witold Duński

"The driving force of the auction is the goods" (2009) - Michał Wierusz-Kowalski

"The Stud Farm and the Arab 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

"Memory of Eng. Tadeusz Marchowiecki" (1985)

"The first championship of pure-bred Arabian horses and the 1979th auction in Janów Podlaski" (XNUMX) – Antoni Święcki

"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

"Janów Podlaski 1939-1944" - Marek Trela

“Imperial Decree…” (1816) – Alexander I Romanov

links

"Portrait with history - Andrzej Krzyształowicz" [link] (2022)

Movies

Marek Trela ​​(2019) | MOVIE

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.

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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

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Marian Gadzalski

Polish artist photographer. Photographs of horses and landscapes of Podlasie became his lifelong passion. One of the Polish magicians of horse photography.

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Zofia Raczkowska

One of the most famous horse photographers. Great photos from the wild pastures of Norway, iconic photos from Janów, Michałów and Białka.

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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.

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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.

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Both the stud farm and its horses owe their modern form to a man who, for fifty years of work, never missed a single morning round - Andrzej Krzyształowicz, a great charismatic personality and a wonderful breeder. When asked about the definition of success for the horses he bred, he replied: "You have to feel the issue and be there."

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When it comes to breeding, I started to adopt Mr. Krzyształowicz's way of looking at horses. It wasn't exactly the same look, because I also had my own tastes, some ideal of a horse. Breeding is a constant necessity of choice. It would be great to be able to be guided only by your feeling of what you want to keep or sell. Let's assume that the stud farm is to have a certain number of mares. Their selection doesn't look like this: I don't like the one, I throw it away, and I keep the one that is of high quality. That would be too easy. Here, a compromise is needed between the interests of breeding, i.e. the quality of horses, and the interests of the stud farm, which must survive.

These goals are mutually exclusive in the short term, but in the long term they are very similar. However, to understand this and make appropriate decisions, the breeder and the economist must be one person. Then, as a breeder, no one will tell me that the money at the end of the year must be this and that, because he has planned three million for me and that's how much I have to earn. I will not order myself to achieve a certain income at any cost just because otherwise the company's financial plan will suffer. This price would be the sale of the best horses.

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This is basically the quintessence of the Polish breeding philosophy: to have the most selected, highest quality broodmares possible and to constantly look for fresh blood, not to cause too much relatedness. We are constantly looking for different stallions that could produce good offspring with these mares. In Poland, efforts have been made to achieve this from the very beginning. This was the most convenient way and it was the fastest way to achieve breeding progress. Because a mare gives birth to one foal a year, while a stallion can be the father of hundreds of offspring. So its impact on breeding is huge. One stud dog in a stud farm is enough. If it's good, it takes it to the next level. And the old Polish rule was that stallions were imported from the desert. Expeditions rarely brought mares.

Some people did not understand what the mission of the state breeding farm was. Why, for example, can't the best stallions be made available cheaply and for each mare? Breeders usually think that their "babies" are the most beautiful. And that's why you go to reviews and shows, so that by judging you can become more objective about what you do yourself and what others achieve. State stud farms also exist to ensure that private breeding is as good as possible. No one ever refused advice or help, even though it wasn't always what someone wanted to hear.

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However, there is something else that we will have to come back to and think about in the future. On September 28, 1937, Professor Witold Pruski founded the Horse Museum in Janów with an entry in the guest book. Due to the war, it could not be organized. I was planning such a museum, there are so many awards and trophies that I don't know what to do with. I wanted such a modern center to be built in the place where the "Wygoda" guest house is located. It is my great guilt that I have not been able to do this so far. And probably a challenge for his successors. When I left, I left the finished design of such a building with all the arrangements, and above all, with the approval of the conservator.

Author: Marek Trela

Source: "Marek Trela. My horses, my life” [fragments] (2016) – Ewa Bagłaj

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Entry updated: 18.12.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX


Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:

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Publications

"Discontinuation of a 6-year investigation into mismanagement at SK Janów Podlaski" (2023) - Marek Szewczyk

"Arabian horse breeding in Poland... 2007-2016" [fragments] (2022)

"Arabian horse breeding in Poland... 2007-2016" [fragments] (2022)

"Horse" (2018) - Andrzej Strumiłło

"Janów Podlaski Stud Farm" (2017)

"Polish breeding of Arabian horses and its successes in the world" (2017) - Krystyna Chmiel

“Marek Trela. My horses, my life” [fragments] (2016) – Ewa Bagłaj

"Janów Podlaski 1875-2012, volume II" (2015) - Roman Petrynik

"Janów Podlaski 1875-2012, volume I" (2012) - Roman Petrynik

"With horses between the fronts" (2008) - Ehrenfried Brandts

"They created beauty" (2007) - Krystyna Chmiel

"Janów Podlaski Stud" (2005) - Izabela Rajca-Pisz

"Janow's Horses" (2004)

"Polish Arabian Horse Breeding 1918-1939" (2002) - Roman Pankiewicz

"Two centuries of Polish breeding..." (1983) - Witold Pruski

"The first championship of pure-bred Arabian horses and the 1979th auction in Janów Podlaski" (XNUMX) – Antoni Święcki

"Janów Podlaski Stud" (1967) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"Supplement to the Polish stud book of Arabian horses..." (1950)

"History of the state stud..." (1948) - Witold Pruski

"Characteristics of... the stud farm in Janów Podlaski" (1948)

"Stories about old Janów" - Roman Petrynik, Piotr Strzałkowski

Articles

"Changes in Janów" (2023) - Jerzy Dudała

"Janów 2023 - finally success" (2023) - Jerzy Dudała

"Fragments of Marek Trela's memories" (2023)

"In defense of SK Janów Podlaski" (2023)

"Dubious pride, forgotten prestige" (2023) - Marek Grzybowski

"SK Janów Podlaski" (2023) - Tomasz Wiczanowski

"Program to save the state breeding of Polish horses" (2023) - Krystyna Chmiel

"Let's save Janów and more" (2023) - Marek Grzybowski

“We are saving Janów! Postulates” (2023) – Ewa Krzakowska-Łazuka

“In response, 'Let's save Janów'…” (2023) – Mariusz Wideryński

"Pinga" (2022) - Jerzy Dudała

"Program for the protection of a conservative herd of horses" (2022) - Krystyna Chmiel

"Horses, horses, oh those horses" (2021) - Mariusz Wideryński

"...Why doesn't PiS like horses?" (2020)

“We respect history and people” (2020) – Tadeusz Jacewicz

"Pepita" (2020) - Jerzy Dudała

"Meanders of the Auction in Janów" (2019) - Marek Grzybowski

"Results of the auction in Janów Podlaski" (2019) - Krystyna Chmiel

"Modified program for Polish breeding of purebred Arabian horses" (2018) - Krystyna Chmiel

"The evil of privatization" (2018) - Marek Grzybowski

"Janów Podlaski Stud Farm, 1817-1914" (2018) - Marek Trela

“Pianissima – offspring” (2018) – Alina Sobieszak

"Another point of view - purebred Arabian horses" (2018)

"STDNINA KONI JANÓW PODLASKI - personal reflections on the album" (2017) - Alina Sobieszak

"Janów Podlaski 1939-1944" - Marek Trela

"Kluzik-Rostkowska, Linda and Sawka appeal for the reinstatement of Marek Trela ​​as president of the Janów Podlaski Stud" (2016)

"Director Krzyształowicz's Story" (2016) - Ewa Bagłaj

"Open letter to the Minister..." (2016) - Andrzej Gniazdowski

"Protest against PiS invasion of Arab stud farms" (2016)

"Pianissima - a legend has passed away" (2015) - Alina Sobieszak

"Andrzej Krzyształowicz" (2014) - Marek Trela

"Pianissima and the rest of the world" (2008) - Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka

"The Stud Farm and the Arab Herd..." (2008) - Ehrenfried Brandts

"Pianissima and the rest..." [EN] (2008) - Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka

"The Stud Farm and the Arab Herd in Janów Podlaski" (2008) - Ehrenfried Brandts

"Janowskie memories" (2005) - Tadeusz Marchowiecki

"Horse breeding in Poland (VII)" (2004) - Stanisław Deskur

"Horse Breeding in Poland (VI)" (2004) - Stanisław Deskur

"In memory of my friend Eng. Andrzej Krzyształowicz” (2000)

"Neophytes of capitalism" (2000) - Marek Grzybowski, R. Wiszniowski

"My life was interesting" (1998) - Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka

"My memories of A. Krzyształowicz" (1998) - Ignacy Jaworowski

"Talks about the market" (1996) - Marek Grzybowski

"Sale or sale" (1996) - Marek Grzybowski

"New Dynamics of the Ministry of Agriculture" (1996) - Marek Grzybowski

"Anti-conception" (1993) - Marek Grzybowski

"Keep Herds, Save Tradition" (1993) - Marek Grzybowski

"Simply Market" (1992) - Marek Grzybowski

"It's High Time" (1992) - Marek Grzybowski

"1939 at the Janów Stud" (1989) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"Ogier Bandos" (1988) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"Easels in Janów Podlaski" (1978) - Stanisław Ledóchowski

"Jubilee of the 160th anniversary of the Janów Podlaski Stud and the auction of Arabian horses" (1977) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz, Izabella Zawadzka

"Memories from 30 years ago" (1976) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"Polish Arabians overseas" (1974) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"Ramesses" (1968) - Tadeusz Marchowiecki

"People of the Janów Stud" (1967) - Antoni Święcki

"History of the SK in Janów Podlaski... 1939—1967" (1967) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"Polish Horse Breeders' Association" (1965) - Jerzy Chachuła

"Jan Ritz" (1948) - Witold Pruski

"The tasks of breeding an Arabian horse" (1933) - Bogdan Ziętarski

"Impressions from Poland” (1933) – Jean de Chevigny

“Imperial Decree…” (1816) – Alexander I Romanov

links

“Horse breeding is not fun!” [link] (2016) – Anna Szuster

Catalogues

"The Murdered Legend" (2017) - Bogusław Lustyk

"Arabian Horse Stud Farms in Poland" (2010) - Wojciech Kwiatkowski

"Arabians of the State Stud" [EN] (2000)

"Polish Arabian Summer Festival" [PL][EN] (2000)

"Arabians of the State Stud" [EN] (1999)

"Arabians of the State Stud" [EN] (1998)

"Polish Prestige Auction - Janów 1996" [EN] (1996)

"Polish Prestige" [EN] (1989)

"Polish Prestige Catalog" [EN][DE][ES]

Magazines

Festival Newspaper (2000)

Arabs in Poland (1999)

Arabs in Poland (1998)

Rider and Breeder (1933) No. 33 – Arabian Horses

Movies

Marek Trela ​​(2019) | MOVIE

PO MPs call for disclosure of the Janów SK audit | MOVIE

Remembrance of predecessors (2018) | MOVIE

The most famous horses from Janów on postage stamps. (2017) | MOVIE

Jubilee at the stud farm with slight amnesia (2017) | MOVIE

Album about the stud farm in Janów Podlaski (2017) | MOVIE

New President of the Stud Farm in Janów Podlaski (2016) | MOVIE

This decision may have irreversible consequences (2016) | MOVIE

Jerzy Sawka in defense of Polish Arabian horses (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

Always Love Janów Podlaski (2014) | MOVIE

Janowska Pinga - World Champion (2013) | MOVIE

7… wonders of Poland – vote for SK Janów Podlaski (2013) | MOVIE

Stateso Watts liked this beautiful corner of Podlasie (2012) | MOVIE


Related Legends:

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

Read more…

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.

Read more…


Gallery:




The Horse Stud in Janów Podlaski is inextricably associated with the figure of its long-time director, who became a legend during his lifetime.

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He was born in Vienna on April 2, 1915.

Andrzej Krzyształowicz has been involved in agriculture since childhood thanks to his father, who at that time administered the Dzieduszycki estate in Zarzecze.

In 1923, the family moved to Łańcut, where Kazimierz Krzyształowicz became the general director of the estates of Count Alfred Potocki.

The numerous estates of the count also included Albigowa with a stud of Thoroughbred horses. There, under the supervision of the then manager of the stud, Bolesław Orłoś, the young man aroused his interest in horse breeding and horse riding. It was also there that he saw the first Arabian horse, namely the stallion Kafifana imported from Egypt. This horse was the owner's mascot and a source of pride and was presented to the count's numerous guests visiting the stud. Perhaps this first contact with an Arabian horse decided about the fate of the young man.

However, after graduating from high school in 1933 in Lviv, Andrzej Krzyształowicz decided to devote himself to aviation, which was very fashionable among young people at that time, and submitted documents to the school in Dęblin.

These plans were thwarted by minor health problems and eventually it was necessary to decide on a different profession. In this situation, the choice fell on the field closest to him since childhood, i.e. agriculture.

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Read more... (click to go to the Polish Digital Equestrian Library)

Authors: Marek Trela, Czeslaw Czapliński

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Entry updated: 12.04.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX


Andrzej Krzyształowicz died on September 19, 1998, aged 83. He was buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Janów Podlaski (52.190278, 23.215833).


Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:

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"Andrzej Krzyształowicz" (2020) - Marek Trela

"Portrait with a story - Andrzej Krzyształowicz" [link] (2023) - Czesław Czapliński

"Director Krzyształowicz's Story" (2016) - Ewa Bagłaj

"1939 at the Janów Stud" (2007) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"Andrzej Krzyształowicz - memories from childhood and early youth" (2003) - Aldona Cholewianka-Kruszyńska

"In memory of my friend Eng. Andrzej Krzyształowicz” (2000) – Tadeusz Andrzejewski

"My memories of A. Krzyształowicz" (1998) - I. Jaworowski

"My life was interesting" (1998) - Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka

"The first championship of pure-bred Arabian horses and the 1979th auction in Janów Podlaski" (XNUMX) – Antoni Święcki

"Memories from 30 years ago" (1976) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"Polish Arabians overseas" (1974) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz

"People of the Janów Stud" (1967) - Antoni Święcki

"Polish Arabs" (1965) - Andrzej Krzyształowicz


Related Legends:

Rider and Breeder, 1922-1939

A pre-war weekly magazine addressed to breeders, athletes, racing and horse enthusiasts. Poles for whom the history of our country is inextricably linked with horse breeding and equestrian sports.

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Mark Trela

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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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.

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Racing News, 1926-1991

The official authority for horse racing issued by the Society for the Encouragement of Horse Breeding in Poland, pursuant to the provisions of the "Racing Rules" established by the Minister of Agriculture.

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Gallery:




Mastalerz of SK Janów Podlaski, who saved Witraż and Wielki Szlem during the carpet bombing of Dresden.

He was born in 1898.

Jan Ziniewicz started working with horses as an 18-year-old young man in 1916, when the stud was evacuated deep into Russia during the First World War.

After returning to Poland, he worked as a groom in a stud with mares, and then with foals. In 1921, he started working in a racing stable. Every year in the season he went to the tracks in Lviv, Lublin, Piotrków and Przemyśl. In 1937 he won the Olsza Oaks and in the same season the Comparative Award on Lowelas (by Koheilan I).

He especially fondly remembers his stay in Lwów, where in 1939 the war found them. Under the command of trainer Szyszka, they rode to Białka, but their horses were taken there by the army. The following were lost to Polish breeding: Skrzyp, Kasztelan, Sumak, Rozmaryn, Robak, Rdest and Ramajana.

From Białka, they walked for 5 days to Janów Podlaski. During the occupation, Ziniewicz worked in the head stable as a groom. He took care of, among others, Witraż, Wielki Szlem and Werset. In 1943, he transported the stallion Witezia and two mares, Wierna and Zalotna, to the Hostownia Stud (Czechoslovakia).

During the evacuation of the stud farm in 1944, he initially took care of 8 horses. During a stop at the station in Biała, he had a great desire to return home, but he was alone in the carriage and "didn't have the heart to leave the horses unattended".

On February 13, 1945, he and his horses found themselves in Dresden at the time of the carpet bombing of that city. He led Witraż and Wielki Szlem. He did not let go of the horses even for a moment, even when incendiary bombs were falling next to them. He recalls the exceptional calmness with which our Arabians reacted to the "hell" around them. After the stud reached Nettelau, he was the commandant of the leading stable until he returned to Posadów in autumn 1946. As part of his leave, he went to Janów and stayed there (at the instigation of R. Kajetanowicz).

He worked there for 3 years with stallions and went with them to mating points. After returning to the Janów Stud, he moved to the head stable and worked there as a commandant until his retirement in 1963. His beloved horse was Wacpan, whom he took care of until his death.

Author: Antoni Święciki
Source: "People of the Janów Stud" (1967)

Entry updated: 31.05.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX


Jan Ziniewicz died on April 26, 1975 at the age of 77. He was buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Janów Podlaski (52.190278, 23.215833).


Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:

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"People of the Janów Stud" (1967) - Antoni Święcki


Mark Trela

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).

Read more…

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.

Read more…


Gallery:

Jan Ziniewicz with Almifar (grandson of Witraż) and Czort (son of Wielki Szlem)

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Breeder: Janów Podlaski Horse Stud
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z. bay (Ofir – Makata by Fetysz) born. June 01.06.1938, 1957, d. XNUMX, bred by SK Janów Podlaski

When rebuilding Janów Podlaski in 1940, the Germans appointed Witraż as its first leading stallion. He was a horse of outstanding beauty, which he passed on to his offspring. It operated in Janów, Albigowa and Nowy Dwór until 1956 inclusive.

He left 14 stallions, 4 of which were used in the country: Como 1949, Celebes 1949, Banio 1951 and Muharyt 1957, and 10 were sold for export. He also sired 27 excellent mares, 7 of which became mothers of as many as 14 top stallions. The "Queen of Polish Arabs" Bandola 1948 was also his daughter. At the shows, the offspring of Witraż were most distinguished by:
— Celina 1949 — champion of Great Britain,
— Bask 1956 — US champion and sire of champions, who had an epochal influence on American breeding,
— Arwistawa 1958, the first winner of the US and Canadian champion titles, was his granddaughter,
— Aladdin 1975 USA champion, father of many champions, considered the successor of Bask is also his grandson.

Stained glass has played a significant role in the world's thoroughbred horse breeding. Even in Australia, Aladdin's son has recently become the national champion. After Skowronek, Witraż is the most distinguished Polish stallion in the world and will remain so for some time.

Unfortunately, Witraż lived in times when the export of Arabian horses from Poland was just beginning. Had he lived today, his influence would have been immeasurably greater.

It is difficult to find an Arabian in Poland today that does not have the blood of Witraż in it.

source: study by Roman Pankiewicz,
License granted by the family of Mr. Roman Pankiewicz for BoberTeam, for the purposes of the Legends of Polish Horsemanship project

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"Kuhailan haifi's bloodline" (1984) - Roman Pankiewicz