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Witez II (April 1, 1938 – June 9, 1965) was a bay Arabian stallion foaled at the Janów Podlaski Stud Farm in Poland. He spent his early years at Janów at a time when Poland was under occupation by Nazi Germany before ultimately arriving in the United States in 1945, where he lived for the remainder of his life until his death.
The Arabian or Arab horse (Arabic: الحصان العربي [alħisˤaːn alʕarabijj], DMG al-ḥiṣān al-ʿarabī) is a breed of horse with historic roots on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world.
The Borike stud farm in Croatia was home to Siglavy Arabians, [68] the horses generally originating from the Turkish invasions. [69] A Siglavy can also be found among the founding lineages of the old Czech Kladruber horse. [70] The Polish Arabian horse was formed from horses of Koheilan stock, occasionally crossed with Saklawi stallions for ...
Bask's sire was Witraz, by the famed Ofir, who also sired Witez II.His dam was Balalajka, a daughter of Amurath-Sahib, [2] deemed one of Poland's finest broodmares. [3] He was sent to the race track, as it was typical in the time for horses to be sent to race as three-year-olds in order to determine the horse's athletic ability and soundness. [1]
Skowronek was imported to England in 1913. [3] The English painter Walter Winans bought Skowronek from Count Josef Potocki's Antoniny Stud in Poland. Winas had originally gone to Poland to hunt game at Count Potocki's private animal park, Piławin, located north of Antoniny, where he became enamored of Potocki's horses and upon the Count's recommendation, purchased Skowronek for £150. [4]
[2]: 65 It has been an important stud farm for the Arabian horse breed for the last 200 years despite being plundered in 1914 and 1939 by Russia. [2]: 153 The annual horse auction at Janów Podlaski, called Pride of Poland, is considered one of the leading and most prestigious sales of Arabian purebred horses globally. [3] [4] [5]
She then returned to Poland for a short period of time, and returned to the US in 2009. As of 2009, Pianissima had produced six foals, five by embryo transfer, and one by natural birth. Her offspring have sold well by the current price standard of the Arabian industry, including embryo at €175,000 (US$214,237.41) at the Pride of Poland sale.
Ofir's first foal crop was in 1938 and contained three colts who became sires of significance of the Arabian breed. They were: Witez II, Witraz (sire of Bask), and Wielki Szlem, a notable broodmare sire. Ofir and Federacja were also amongst those of the horses of Janow who were taken by the Russians during the Soviet invasion of Poland.