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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 stud was founded in 1847, and at that time hosted what today is the oldest written breed registry for purebred Arabian horses in the world. [3] [6] During the mid-19th century, the need for Arabian blood to improve the breeding stock for light cavalry horses in Europe resulted excursions to the Middle East sponsored by Queen Isabella II, who sent representatives to the desert to purchase ...
He was one of the only horses to ever win an Arabian National Championship in both halter and performance in the same year, and one of only four stallions to win U.S. National Championships in both halter and performance. [4] Khemosabi stood at stud in 1969, his first breeding season, on lease to Varian Arabians.
Raseyn (1923–1959) was an Arabian stallion foaled in 1923 and bred by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud. After being imported into the United States by W.K. Kellogg in 1926. He was part of a large shipment of horses that Carl Schmidt, later Carl Raswan, purchased from Lady Wentworth for Kellogg's new ranch in Pomona, California. [1]
[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]
Arabian Horse Club of America The Arabian Stud Book Volume V 1944 Chicago: Arabian Horse Club 1944; Archer, Rosemary The Arabian Horse: Allen Breed Series London: J. A. Allen 1992 ISBN 0-85131-549-6; Carpenter, Marian K. Arabian Legends: Outstanding Arabian Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs, Colorado: Western Horseman ISBN 0-911647-48-1
Naborr was foaled at Russia's Tersk Stud on April 13, 1950, [3]: 94 and was originally named Nabor. [2] He was sired by the Russian-born stallion Negatiw (sometimes spelled Negativ) [b] and out of the mare Lagodna. [1] He was a homozygous gray, [c] and was recorded by the Russian Arabian Stud Book as standing 150 centimetres (14.3 hands; 59 in).
Bandos (1964 – September 1987) was a gray Arabian stallion with Crabbet ancestry. [3] He was sired by Negatiw, a Tersk bred stud, out of Bandola, who was known by the title of "Queen of Poland". [4] Bandos was a sire in Poland for 11 years, and in 1982, he was imported to the United States.