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In July 1944, a herd of about 300 pure-bred Arabian horses was evacuated to Nazi Germany, where it suffered losses during the bombing of Dresden. [ 10 ] : 176 Horses from other Polish stud farms were also delivered to Saxony , including Białka Horse Stud [ pl ] , the Stallion Herd in Bogusławice [ pl ] , the Haack estate in Dębice , and the ...
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]
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 Crabbet Arabian Stud, also known as the Crabbet Park Stud, was an English horse breeding farm that ran from 1878 to 1972. Its founder owners, husband and wife team Wilfrid Scawen Blunt and Lady Anne Blunt, decided while travelling in the Middle East to import some of the best Arabian horses to England and breed them
In 1939 the Soviets removed many of the best Arabians bred at Janów Podlaski Stud Farm in Poland and marched them over 1,000 miles back to Tersk Stud. [12] Among the horses making the trek was Mammona, a bay suckling filly whose name meant “treasure” in Polish. Mammona’s sire, Ofir, was also in the group of horses moved to Tersk.
The Ottomans encouraged formation of private stud farms in order to ensure a supply of cavalry horses, [106] and Ottoman nobles, such as Muhammad Ali of Egypt also collected pure, desert-bred Arabian horses. [105] El Naseri, or Al-Nasir Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt (1290–1342) imported and bred numerous Arabians in Egypt. A stud farm record was ...
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 ...
Skowronek (a name meaning lark or skylark in Polish) was an Arabian stallion foaled in 1908 or 1909. [1] He was bred by Count Józef Potocki who owned the Antoniny Stud in Poland. He was imported to England as a young horse. Upon purchase by Lady Wentworth, Skowronek became a foundation stallion at Lady Wentworth's Crabbet Arabian Stud.