Polish Arabian: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Shellypls moved page Draft:Polish Arabian to Polish Arabian: Move to mainspace
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
4,882,013 edits
Alter: isbn, title, url, pages, template type, issue. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: pages, journal, pmc, pmid, doi, archive-date, archive-url, doi-access, page, authors 1-1. Removed proxy/dead URL that duplicated identifier. Removed access-date with no URL. Removed parameters. Formatted dashes. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. Upgrade ISBN10 to 13. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Headbomb | #UCB_toolbar
Line 15: Line 15:
== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Ksiaze Jozef.jpg|left|thumb|Prince [[Józef Poniatowski]] on an [[Arabian horse]], after a painting by [[Juliusz Kossak]], 1897.]]
[[File:Ksiaze Jozef.jpg|left|thumb|Prince [[Józef Poniatowski]] on an [[Arabian horse]], after a painting by [[Juliusz Kossak]], 1897.]]
The [[Polish language|Polish]] name ''Czysta Krew Arabska'' translates as "Arabian Thoroughbred".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Porter |first=Valerie |title=Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding |last2=Alderson |first2=Lawrence |last3=Hall |first3=Stephen |last4=Sponenberg |first4=Dan |publisher=CAB International |year=2016 |isbn=1-84593-466-0 |edition=6th |pages=1107}}</ref> Considered one of the oldest and most important Arabian horse populations in the world<ref name=":1">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Wysocka|Gralak|Prus|2007|p=609}}</ref>, the Polish is a renowned lineage within Arabian horse breeding, not a separate breed.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Lynghaug |first=Fran |title=The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide : The Complete Guide to the Standards of All North American Equine Breed Associations |publisher=MBI Publishing Company LLC |year=2009 |isbn=1-61673-171-0 |pages=672}}</ref> It is a good example of a small population of horses genetically stabilized from a finite number of founder-breeders.<ref name=":3">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Jezierski|2004|p=293}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Gralak|2006|p=272}}</ref> Most of the founders of today's Polish Arabian are [[20th century|20th-century]] horses.<ref name=":5">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Jezierski|2004|p=295}}</ref>
The [[Polish language|Polish]] name ''Czysta Krew Arabska'' translates as "Arabian Thoroughbred".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Valerie |title=Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding |last2=Alderson |first2=Lawrence |last3=Hall |first3=Stephen |last4=Sponenberg |first4=Dan |publisher=CAB International |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-84593-466-8 |edition=6th |pages=1107}}</ref> Considered one of the oldest and most important Arabian horse populations in the world<ref name=":1">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Wysocka|Gralak|Prus|2007|p=609}}</ref>, the Polish is a renowned lineage within Arabian horse breeding, not a separate breed.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Lynghaug |first=Fran |title=The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide : The Complete Guide to the Standards of All North American Equine Breed Associations |publisher=MBI Publishing Company LLC |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-61673-171-7 |pages=672}}</ref> It is a good example of a small population of horses genetically stabilized from a finite number of founder-breeders.<ref name=":3">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Jezierski|2004|p=293}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Gralak|2006|p=272}}</ref> Most of the founders of today's Polish Arabian are [[20th century|20th-century]] horses.<ref name=":5">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Jezierski|2004|p=295}}</ref>


The first [[Arabian horse|Arabian horses]] were introduced to [[Poland]] in the 16th century<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Decouty |first=Aline |last2=Engelsen |first2=Astrid |date=2017 |title=La filière équine polonaise |url=https://equipedia.ifce.fr/economie-et-filiere/organisation/organismes-et-filieres-internationales/la-filiere-equine-polonaise |access-date=8 January 2019 |website=www.haras-nationaux.fr}}</ref>, during wars and invasions.<ref name=":2" /> Texts mention the presence of pure-bred Arabian horses used by the Turkish army, and captured by the Poles. The truce signed in 1699 enabled trade between Poland and the [[Ottoman Empire]]: Polish merchants travelled among the [[Bedouin|Bedouin tribes]] to acquire [[Arabian horse|Arabian horses]] used as crossbreeds to produce carriage animals, cavalry and farm animals.<ref name=":7">{{Harvtxt|Jablonska|2011|Ref=A}}</ref> It is likely that Syrian [[Mare|mares]] were exported to Poland, due to the presence of a [[haplogroup]] specific to these two Arabian horse populations alone.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khanshour |first=Anas |last2=Cothran |first2=Ernest |date=2013 |title=Maternal phylogenetic relationships and genetic variation among Arabian horse populations using whole mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequencing |url=https://bmcgenomdata.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2156-14-83 |journal=BMC Genetics |volume=14 |doi=10.1186/1471-2156-14-83 |access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref>
The first [[Arabian horse|Arabian horses]] were introduced to [[Poland]] in the 16th century<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last1=Decouty |first1=Aline |last2=Engelsen |first2=Astrid |date=2017 |title=La filière équine polonaise |url=https://equipedia.ifce.fr/economie-et-filiere/organisation/organismes-et-filieres-internationales/la-filiere-equine-polonaise |access-date=8 January 2019 |website=www.haras-nationaux.fr}}</ref>, during wars and invasions.<ref name=":2" /> Texts mention the presence of pure-bred Arabian horses used by the Turkish army, and captured by the Poles. The truce signed in 1699 enabled trade between Poland and the [[Ottoman Empire]]: Polish merchants travelled among the [[Bedouin|Bedouin tribes]] to acquire [[Arabian horse|Arabian horses]] used as crossbreeds to produce carriage animals, cavalry and farm animals.<ref name=":7">{{Harvtxt|Jablonska|2011|Ref=A}}</ref> It is likely that Syrian [[Mare|mares]] were exported to Poland, due to the presence of a [[haplogroup]] specific to these two Arabian horse populations alone.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Khanshour |first1=Anas |last2=Cothran |first2=Ernest |date=2013 |title=Maternal phylogenetic relationships and genetic variation among Arabian horse populations using whole mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequencing |journal=BMC Genetics |volume=14 |page=83 |doi=10.1186/1471-2156-14-83 |doi-access=free }}</ref>


The earliest historical records of Arabian horse breeding concern the [[Szarajówka]] stud farm, established in 1778.<ref name=":3" /> It was not until 1795 that the [[Sanguszko|Sanguszko family]] established the first stud for breeding Arabian horses.<ref name=":0" /> Poles have been carefully preserving pedigree records for their horses since at least 1800.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Edwards|1973|p=216}}</ref> Throughout the 19th century, Polish aristocratic families maintained large stud farms.<ref name=":8">{{Harvtxt|Barbié de Préaudau|2002|p=194}}</ref> These were generally located in the southern part of historic Poland, corresponding to present-day [[Ukraine]].<ref name=":1" />
The earliest historical records of Arabian horse breeding concern the [[Szarajówka]] stud farm, established in 1778.<ref name=":3" /> It was not until 1795 that the [[Sanguszko|Sanguszko family]] established the first stud for breeding Arabian horses.<ref name=":0" /> Poles have been carefully preserving pedigree records for their horses since at least 1800.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Edwards|1973|p=216}}</ref> Throughout the 19th century, Polish aristocratic families maintained large stud farms.<ref name=":8">{{Harvtxt|Barbié de Préaudau|2002|p=194}}</ref> These were generally located in the southern part of historic Poland, corresponding to present-day [[Ukraine]].<ref name=":1" />
Line 26: Line 26:
The [[World War I]] and the [[October Revolution]] considerably weakened Polish breeding<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7" />, not least due to the evacuation of horses from [[Janów Podlaski]] National Stud, then breeding [[Anglo-Arabian|Anglo-Arabians]], to [[Russia]].<ref name=":8" /> Polish stud farms were almost totally destroyed , and almost all genealogical information on the horses was lost.<ref name=":9">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Wysocka|Gralak|Prus|2007|p=611}}</ref> The achievements of generations of breeders from 1778 to 1918 have all but disappeared.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historia hodowli koni arabskich w stadninie w Janowie |url=http://www.janow.arabians.pl/pl/historia/araby/ |access-date=28 July 2019 |website=www.janow.arabians.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
The [[World War I]] and the [[October Revolution]] considerably weakened Polish breeding<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7" />, not least due to the evacuation of horses from [[Janów Podlaski]] National Stud, then breeding [[Anglo-Arabian|Anglo-Arabians]], to [[Russia]].<ref name=":8" /> Polish stud farms were almost totally destroyed , and almost all genealogical information on the horses was lost.<ref name=":9">{{Harvtxt|Głażewska|Wysocka|Gralak|Prus|2007|p=611}}</ref> The achievements of generations of breeders from 1778 to 1918 have all but disappeared.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historia hodowli koni arabskich w stadninie w Janowie |url=http://www.janow.arabians.pl/pl/historia/araby/ |access-date=28 July 2019 |website=www.janow.arabians.pl |language=pl}}</ref>


It is estimated that of the 500 Arabian brood mares in Poland before the war, only 25<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=1998 |title=History’s Hooves |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040904213213/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199802/history.s.hooves.htm |website=Saudi Aramco World}}</ref> or 33<ref name=":3" />, with 44 stallions, are still alive in the country in 1918. Breeding resumed intensively between the [[Interwar period|wars]], using imports from the Middle East and other European countries, this time in purebred Arabian orientation at Janów Podlaski.<ref name=":3" /> This purebred breeding program was conceived in 1921 at the Janów Podlaski National Stud.<ref name=":7" /> The Polish Arabian studbook was created in 1926 by Dr. Edward Skorkowski<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocznice |url=http://www.janow.arabians.pl/pl/pzhka/artykuly/rocznice.php |access-date=28 July 2019 |website=www.janow.arabians.pl |language=pl}}</ref>, along with a dedicated breeding society.<ref name=":8" /> Previously, the horses' genealogical information had been recorded incompletely.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pruski |first=Witold |url=https://search.worldcat.org/es/title/251398321 |title=Dwa wieki polskiej hodowli koni arabskich (1778-1978) i jej sukcesy na świecie |publisher=Wydawn. Roln. i Leśne |language=pl}}</ref> The studbook was revised in 1932, and its pedigree charts were published by Skorkowski in 1938.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Skorkowski |first=Edward |url=https://search.worldcat.org/es/title/30860331 |title=ablice genealogiczne polskich koni arabskich czystej krwi |publisher=Wykonano w Zakładzie Produkcji Skryptów KZPPT |year=1960 |language=pl}}</ref> Polish Arabian horses were then tested in races in [[Warsaw]].<ref name=":8" /> Arabian mares Rodania, Selma and Cherifa were imported to Polish stud farms.<ref name=":9" />
It is estimated that of the 500 Arabian brood mares in Poland before the war, only 25<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=1998 |title=History's Hooves |url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199802/history.s.hooves.htm |website=Saudi Aramco World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040904213213/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199802/history.s.hooves.htm |archive-date=2004-09-04 }}</ref> or 33<ref name=":3" />, with 44 stallions, are still alive in the country in 1918. Breeding resumed intensively between the [[Interwar period|wars]], using imports from the Middle East and other European countries, this time in purebred Arabian orientation at Janów Podlaski.<ref name=":3" /> This purebred breeding program was conceived in 1921 at the Janów Podlaski National Stud.<ref name=":7" /> The Polish Arabian studbook was created in 1926 by Dr. Edward Skorkowski<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocznice |url=http://www.janow.arabians.pl/pl/pzhka/artykuly/rocznice.php |access-date=28 July 2019 |website=www.janow.arabians.pl |language=pl}}</ref>, along with a dedicated breeding society.<ref name=":8" /> Previously, the horses' genealogical information had been recorded incompletely.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pruski |first=Witold |url=https://search.worldcat.org/es/title/251398321 |title=Dwa wieki polskiej hodowli koni arabskich (1778-1978) i jej sukcesy na świecie |publisher=Wydawn. Roln. i Leśne |language=pl}}</ref> The studbook was revised in 1932, and its pedigree charts were published by Skorkowski in 1938.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Skorkowski |first=Edward |url=https://search.worldcat.org/es/title/30860331 |title=ablice genealogiczne polskich koni arabskich czystej krwi |publisher=Wykonano w Zakładzie Produkcji Skryptów KZPPT |year=1960 |language=pl}}</ref> Polish Arabian horses were then tested in races in [[Warsaw]].<ref name=":8" /> Arabian mares Rodania, Selma and Cherifa were imported to Polish stud farms.<ref name=":9" />


In 1931, a mission by Prince [[Sanguszko]] brought back two desert horses, future pillars of Polish breeding: the stallion Kuheylan Haifi, and the stallion Kuheylan Afas. They themselves sire the stallions Bask and Comet. The Sanguszko family also bred Ilderil and Excelsior, Amurath Sahib and Arax.<ref name=":8" /> In the [[1930s]], a number of American breeders imported Polish Arabs<ref name=":7" />, most notably J. M. Dickinson in 1937.<ref name=":11">{{Cite journal |last=Jablonska |first=Justine |date=2011 |title=Poland: Once Again the Wellspring for the Greatest Arabian Horses in the World |url=http://cosmopolitanreview.com/path-to-glory/ |journal=Cosmopolitan Review |volume=3 |issue=1 |access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> The [[World War II]] led to the death of 89 % of the country's Arab broodmares, including over 80 % of those at the Janów Podlaski National Stud as a result of the [[Invasion of Poland|1939 campaign]] alone.<ref name=":10" /> The Poles made great efforts to hide their studbook from the Germans, as a horse of unknown origin loses much of its value.<ref name=":11" />
In 1931, a mission by Prince [[Sanguszko]] brought back two desert horses, future pillars of Polish breeding: the stallion Kuheylan Haifi, and the stallion Kuheylan Afas. They themselves sire the stallions Bask and Comet. The Sanguszko family also bred Ilderil and Excelsior, Amurath Sahib and Arax.<ref name=":8" /> In the [[1930s]], a number of American breeders imported Polish Arabs<ref name=":7" />, most notably J. M. Dickinson in 1937.<ref name=":11">{{Cite journal |last=Jablonska |first=Justine |date=2011 |title=Poland: Once Again the Wellspring for the Greatest Arabian Horses in the World |url=http://cosmopolitanreview.com/path-to-glory/ |journal=Cosmopolitan Review |volume=3 |issue=1 |access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> The [[World War II]] led to the death of 89 % of the country's Arab broodmares, including over 80 % of those at the Janów Podlaski National Stud as a result of the [[Invasion of Poland|1939 campaign]] alone.<ref name=":10" /> The Poles made great efforts to hide their studbook from the Germans, as a horse of unknown origin loses much of its value.<ref name=":11" />
Line 55: Line 55:


=== Temperament, care and health ===
=== Temperament, care and health ===
Polish Arabs have developed the ability to adapt to extreme environmental conditions. They mature slowly, but have a long [[life expectancy]]. However, around 10 % of Polish Arabs have eye problems<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Eye problems seen in 10 percent of Polish Arabian horses in major study |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103152831/https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/11/09/eye-problems-10-percent-polish-arabian-horses-study/ |access-date=26 March 2019 |website=Horsetalk.co.nz}}</ref>, including 5.5 % with [[uveitis]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Paschalis-Trela |first=Katarzyna |last2=Cywińska |first2=Anna |last3=Trela |first3=Jan |last4=Czopowicz |first4=Michał |date=2017 |title=The prevalence of ocular diseases in polish Arabian horses |url=https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-017-1252-8 |journal=BMC Veterinary Research |volume=13 |issue=1 |issn=1746-6148 |access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref> Polish bloodlineages are free from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID), a genetic disease of the Arabian horse, according to genome studies of 271 horses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cothran |first=E. G. |last2=Cholewinski |first2=G. |last3=Terry |first3=R. R. |date=1999 |title=Absence of the severe combined immunodeficiency disease gene among Arabian horses in Poland |journal=Journal of Applied Genetics |volume=1 |issue=40 |pages=39-41}}</ref>
Polish Arabs have developed the ability to adapt to extreme environmental conditions. They mature slowly, but have a long [[life expectancy]]. However, around 10 % of Polish Arabs have eye problems<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Eye problems seen in 10 percent of Polish Arabian horses in major study |url=https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/11/09/eye-problems-10-percent-polish-arabian-horses-study/ |access-date=26 March 2019 |website=Horsetalk.co.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103152831/https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/11/09/eye-problems-10-percent-polish-arabian-horses-study/ |archive-date=2022-01-03 }}</ref>, including 5.5 % with [[uveitis]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Paschalis-Trela |first1=Katarzyna |last2=Cywińska |first2=Anna |last3=Trela |first3=Jan |last4=Czopowicz |first4=Michał |date=2017 |title=The prevalence of ocular diseases in polish Arabian horses |journal=BMC Veterinary Research |volume=13 |issue=1 |page=319 |doi=10.1186/s12917-017-1252-8 |doi-access=free |pmid=29115950 |pmc=5678559 |issn=1746-6148 }}</ref> Polish bloodlineages are free from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID), a genetic disease of the Arabian horse, according to genome studies of 271 horses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cothran |first1=E. G. |last2=Cholewinski |first2=G. |last3=Terry |first3=R. R. |date=1999 |title=Absence of the severe combined immunodeficiency disease gene among Arabian horses in Poland |journal=Journal of Applied Genetics |volume=1 |issue=40 |pages=39–41}}</ref>


=== Selection ===
=== Selection ===
Line 70: Line 70:
== Usage ==
== Usage ==
[[File:Koń Arabski w Janowie Podlaskim.jpg|thumb|Polish Arabian from the [[Janów Podlaski]] National Stud.]]
[[File:Koń Arabski w Janowie Podlaskim.jpg|thumb|Polish Arabian from the [[Janów Podlaski]] National Stud.]]
The Polish Arabian is essentially a show horse, winning numerous [[world championship]]<nowiki/>s.<ref name=":6" /> It is showcased at locally-organized competitions such as the ''National Arab Show''.<ref name=":6" /> Poland is also active in Arabian [[horse racing]], which led to an analysis of performance factors.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sobczyńska |first=Magdalena |date=2010 |title=Genetic parameters of racing performance indices in Polish Arabian horses |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871141310001447 |journal=Livestock Science |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=245-249 |doi=10.1016/j.livsci.2010.04.008 |issn=1871-1413 |access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref> Some Polish Arabians have broken sales price records: Bandos, a son of Bandola (Ibrahim bloodlineage) sold for $800,000<ref>{{Harvtxt|Barbié de Préaudau|2002|p=194-195}}</ref>, and El Paso, a stallion from the Janów Podlaski National Stud, went for $1 million.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Barbié de Préaudau|2002|p=195}}</ref>
The Polish Arabian is essentially a show horse, winning numerous [[world championship]]<nowiki/>s.<ref name=":6" /> It is showcased at locally-organized competitions such as the ''National Arab Show''.<ref name=":6" /> Poland is also active in Arabian [[horse racing]], which led to an analysis of performance factors.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sobczyńska |first=Magdalena |date=2010 |title=Genetic parameters of racing performance indices in Polish Arabian horses |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871141310001447 |journal=Livestock Science |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=245–249 |doi=10.1016/j.livsci.2010.04.008 |issn=1871-1413 |access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref> Some Polish Arabians have broken sales price records: Bandos, a son of Bandola (Ibrahim bloodlineage) sold for $800,000<ref>{{Harvtxt|Barbié de Préaudau|2002|p=194-195}}</ref>, and El Paso, a stallion from the Janów Podlaski National Stud, went for $1 million.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Barbié de Préaudau|2002|p=195}}</ref>


The endurance performances of 10 male and 17 female lineages were evaluated<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=99}}</ref>: the best-performing male lineages were, in order, those of Kuhailan Afas, [[Saklawi horse|Saklawi]] I and Ibrahim for the male pedigrees, and those of Gazella, Mlecha and Sahara for the female lineages.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=97}}</ref> At the same time, Kuhailan Afas, Ibrahim and Saklawi I lineages account for the highest number of competition entries.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=101}}</ref> Unlike France, Poland does not really have any selective breeding of Arabian horses for endurance. Between 2005 and 2009, 225 Polish Arabian horses competed in endurance. Training for this discipline begins between the ages of 4 and 6.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=98}}</ref> The average speed of endurance Arabians in Poland is a little lower than the world average<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=102}}</ref>, but increased between the 1990s and the 2000s.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=105}}</ref>
The endurance performances of 10 male and 17 female lineages were evaluated<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=99}}</ref>: the best-performing male lineages were, in order, those of Kuhailan Afas, [[Saklawi horse|Saklawi]] I and Ibrahim for the male pedigrees, and those of Gazella, Mlecha and Sahara for the female lineages.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=97}}</ref> At the same time, Kuhailan Afas, Ibrahim and Saklawi I lineages account for the highest number of competition entries.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=101}}</ref> Unlike France, Poland does not really have any selective breeding of Arabian horses for endurance. Between 2005 and 2009, 225 Polish Arabian horses competed in endurance. Training for this discipline begins between the ages of 4 and 6.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=98}}</ref> The average speed of endurance Arabians in Poland is a little lower than the world average<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=102}}</ref>, but increased between the 1990s and the 2000s.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Sobczuk|2011|p=105}}</ref>
Line 95: Line 95:
=== Books ===
=== Books ===


* {{Cite book |last=Barbié de Préaudeau |first=Philippe |title=Le Cheval arabe, |publisher=Les éditions du Jaguar |year=2002 |isbn=2-86950-358-X |edition=2nd |language=fr}}
* {{Cite book |last=Barbié de Préaudeau |first=Philippe |title=Le Cheval arabe |publisher=Les éditions du Jaguar |year=2002 |isbn=2-86950-358-X |edition=2nd |language=fr}}
* {{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Gladys |title=The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse |publisher=Rich Publishing |year=1973 |location=Covina}}
* {{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Gladys |title=The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse |publisher=Rich Publishing |year=1973 |location=Covina}}
* {{Cite book |last=Brown Edwards |first=Gladys |title=A Photographic History of the Polish Arabian |publisher=Arab Ink |year=1978}}
* {{Cite book |last=Brown Edwards |first=Gladys |title=A Photographic History of the Polish Arabian |publisher=Arab Ink |year=1978}}
Line 102: Line 102:
=== Scientific articles ===
=== Scientific articles ===


* {{Cite publication |last=Głażewska |first=Iwona |title=The founder contribution analysis in currently living Polish Arabian brood mares |publisher=Animal Science Papers and Reports - Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding |year=2000 |volume=18 |location=Jastrzębiec |issue=1}}
* {{Cite book |last=Głażewska |first=Iwona |title=The founder contribution analysis in currently living Polish Arabian brood mares |publisher=Animal Science Papers and Reports - Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding |year=2000 |volume=18 |location=Jastrzębiec |issue=1}}
* {{Cite publication |last=Głażewska |first=Iwona |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871141306002319 |title=Balancing selection in Polish Arabian horses |last2=Gralak |first2=Barbara |publisher=Livestock Science |year=2006 |volume=105 |issn=1871-1413 |issue=1}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Głażewska |first1=Iwona |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871141306002319 |title=Balancing selection in Polish Arabian horses |last2=Gralak |first2=Barbara |journal=Livestock Science |year=2006 |volume=105 |issn=1871-1413 |issue=1|pages=272–276 |doi=10.1016/j.livsci.2006.06.004 }}
* {{Cite publication |last=Głażewska |first=Iwona |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030162260400137X?via%3Dihub |title=Pedigree analysis of Polish Arabian horses based on founder contributions |last2=Jezierski |first2=Tadeusz |publisher=Livestock Production Science |year=2004 |volume=90 |issn=0301-6226 |issue=2-3}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Głażewska |first1=Iwona |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030162260400137X |title=Pedigree analysis of Polish Arabian horses based on founder contributions |last2=Jezierski |first2=Tadeusz |journal=Livestock Production Science |year=2004 |volume=90 |issn=0301-6226 |issue=2–3|pages=293–298 |doi=10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.08.002 }}
* {{Cite publication |last=Głażewska |first=Iwona |url=https://gsejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1297-9686-39-5-609 |title=A new view on dam lines in Polish Arabian horses based on mtDNA analysis |last2=Wysocka |first2=Anna |last3=Gralak |first3=Barbara |last4=Prus |first4=Renata |publisher=Genetics Selection Evolution |year=2007 |volume=39 |issn=1297-9686 |issue=5}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Głażewska |first1=Iwona |title=A new view on dam lines in Polish Arabian horses based on mtDNA analysis |last2=Wysocka |first2=Anna |last3=Gralak |first3=Barbara |last4=Prus |first4=Renata |journal=Genetics Selection Evolution |year=2007 |volume=39 |issn=1297-9686 |issue=5|doi=10.1186/1297-9686-39-5-609 |doi-access=free |pmid=17897600 }}
* {{Cite publication |last=Sobczuk |first=Dorota |url=https://access.portico.org/Portico/auView?auId=ark%3A%2F27927%2Fpgj2jzjm1wp |title=Characterization of the performance of purebred Arabian horses in endurance riding in Poland in the years 2005-2009 |publisher=Annales UMCS, Zootechnica |year=2011 |volume=29 |issn=0239-4243 |issue=4}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sobczuk |first=Dorota |url=https://access.portico.org/Portico/auView?auId=ark%3A%2F27927%2Fpgj2jzjm1wp |title=Characterization of the performance of purebred Arabian horses in endurance riding in Poland in the years 2005-2009 |journal=Annales UMCS, Zootechnica |year=2011 |volume=29 |issn=0239-4243 |issue=4|doi=10.2478/v10083-011-0031-4 }}
* {{Cite publication |last=Sobczuk |first=Dorota |title=Morphological differentiation of Polish Arabian horses-Multivariate analysis |last2=Komosa |first2=M. |publisher=Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy |year=2012 |volume=56 |issue=4}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Sobczuk |first1=Dorota |title=Morphological differentiation of Polish Arabian horses-Multivariate analysis |last2=Komosa |first2=M. |publisher=Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy |year=2012 |volume=56 |issue=4}}


=== News ===
=== News ===


* {{Cite publication |last=Jablonska |first=Justine |url=http://cosmopolitanreview.com/polish-arabian-history/ |title=The Polish-Arabian Horse: A Very Brief History |publisher=Cosmopolitan Review |year=2011 |volume=3 |issue=1}}
* {{Cite book |last=Jablonska |first=Justine |url=http://cosmopolitanreview.com/polish-arabian-history/ |title=The Polish-Arabian Horse: A Very Brief History |publisher=Cosmopolitan Review |year=2011 |volume=3 |issue=1}}


[[Category:Horse breeds by country of origin]]
[[Category:Horse breeds by country of origin]]

Revision as of 22:50, 28 December 2023

Polish Arabian
Polish bay Arabian stallion by Ekstern from the Janów Podlaski National Stud
Country of originPoland
UseRace and show jumping
Traits
Weight
  • From 420 kg to 450 kg
Height
  • From 1.48 m to 1.52 m
ColorGray, bay, chestnut, rarely black
Main article: Arabian horse

The Polish Arabian (Polish: Czysta Krew Arabska) is the variety of Arabian horse bred in Poland. Arabian horses were introduced to Poland in the 16th century via war catches. It was not until the 19th century that organized pure-bred breeding was established. The Polish Arabian was decimated during the two world wars, leading to the loss of breed registry and the vast majority of the livestock. In 1926, Dr. Edward Skorkowski created a studbook and a dedicated breeding society. Breeding resumed in the 1940s and 1950s, based on a small group of surviving breeding stock.

These horses have an excellent international reputation for beauty, as demonstrated by Bandola and Pianissima. They are, however, less successful in endurance riding than other strains of Arabian horses. They are bred at various national and private stud farms, the most famous of which is the Janów Podlaski National Stud.

History

Prince Józef Poniatowski on an Arabian horse, after a painting by Juliusz Kossak, 1897.

The Polish name Czysta Krew Arabska translates as "Arabian Thoroughbred".[1] Considered one of the oldest and most important Arabian horse populations in the world[2], the Polish is a renowned lineage within Arabian horse breeding, not a separate breed.[3] It is a good example of a small population of horses genetically stabilized from a finite number of founder-breeders.[4][5] Most of the founders of today's Polish Arabian are 20th-century horses.[6]

The first Arabian horses were introduced to Poland in the 16th century[7], during wars and invasions.[3] Texts mention the presence of pure-bred Arabian horses used by the Turkish army, and captured by the Poles. The truce signed in 1699 enabled trade between Poland and the Ottoman Empire: Polish merchants travelled among the Bedouin tribes to acquire Arabian horses used as crossbreeds to produce carriage animals, cavalry and farm animals.[8] It is likely that Syrian mares were exported to Poland, due to the presence of a haplogroup specific to these two Arabian horse populations alone.[9]

The earliest historical records of Arabian horse breeding concern the Szarajówka stud farm, established in 1778.[4] It was not until 1795 that the Sanguszko family established the first stud for breeding Arabian horses.[1] Poles have been carefully preserving pedigree records for their horses since at least 1800.[10] Throughout the 19th century, Polish aristocratic families maintained large stud farms.[11] These were generally located in the southern part of historic Poland, corresponding to present-day Ukraine.[2]

In 1845, the Dzieduszyckis imported a strain of Arabian horses from Saudi Arabia. Further imports followed, until 1930-31. The stallion Ibrahim, sire of the famous Skowronek, comes from Polish breeding.[11]

From 1914 to 1945

The World War I and the October Revolution considerably weakened Polish breeding[4][8], not least due to the evacuation of horses from Janów Podlaski National Stud, then breeding Anglo-Arabians, to Russia.[11] Polish stud farms were almost totally destroyed , and almost all genealogical information on the horses was lost.[12] The achievements of generations of breeders from 1778 to 1918 have all but disappeared.[13]

It is estimated that of the 500 Arabian brood mares in Poland before the war, only 25[14] or 33[4], with 44 stallions, are still alive in the country in 1918. Breeding resumed intensively between the wars, using imports from the Middle East and other European countries, this time in purebred Arabian orientation at Janów Podlaski.[4] This purebred breeding program was conceived in 1921 at the Janów Podlaski National Stud.[8] The Polish Arabian studbook was created in 1926 by Dr. Edward Skorkowski[15], along with a dedicated breeding society.[11] Previously, the horses' genealogical information had been recorded incompletely.[16] The studbook was revised in 1932, and its pedigree charts were published by Skorkowski in 1938.[17] Polish Arabian horses were then tested in races in Warsaw.[11] Arabian mares Rodania, Selma and Cherifa were imported to Polish stud farms.[12]

In 1931, a mission by Prince Sanguszko brought back two desert horses, future pillars of Polish breeding: the stallion Kuheylan Haifi, and the stallion Kuheylan Afas. They themselves sire the stallions Bask and Comet. The Sanguszko family also bred Ilderil and Excelsior, Amurath Sahib and Arax.[11] In the 1930s, a number of American breeders imported Polish Arabs[8], most notably J. M. Dickinson in 1937.[18] The World War II led to the death of 89 % of the country's Arab broodmares, including over 80 % of those at the Janów Podlaski National Stud as a result of the 1939 campaign alone.[14] The Poles made great efforts to hide their studbook from the Germans, as a horse of unknown origin loses much of its value.[18]

From 1945 to the present day

Polish Arabian horses from the Janów Podlaski National Stud.

A few Arabian bloodlineages are preserved at Janów Podlaski.[11] About 59 mares and 8 stallions survive the war on Polish territory.[19] Hungary exports Arabian breeding stock to Poland, to help revive its breeding industry.[8] Around 14 mares of Polish Arabian stock are claimed from Germany, and transit through the Bábolna National Stud in Hungary in 1951. Arabian breeding was fully nationalized in 1947, and from then on continued exclusively at Polish national studs. Over the next 50 years, Polish breeding developed from this founding stock.[20] The Polish studs also used Russian Arabians, importing horses from the Tersk stud, most of which were also of Polish origin.[8][20] The national studs involved are Klementów (1946-1953), Nowy Dwór (1946-1960), Albigowa (1947-1961), Michayów (1953), Janów Podlaski (1960), Kurozweki (1973-1998), and Białka (1981). Political changes in the 1990s led to a return to private breeding. The privatization of breeding then proceeded apace: 19 Arab broodmares were privately owned in 1989, compared with 65 % of the 723 Arab broodmares registered in the breed studbook in 2002.[20]

Breeding expanded worldwide, particularly with the export of Bask to the United States.[11] Bask generates millions of dollars, and plays a major role in launching Arabian horse breeding in the United States.[21] In the late 1950s, British breeder Patricia Lindsay acquired horses and became an important intermediary in the export of Polish Arabians to the United States.[8]

Polish horses have gained worldwide renown, thanks in particular to the mare Bandola (crowned "Queen of Poland"), and the stallion Piruel, crowned Senior Male World Champion at the 1989 World Arabian Horse Championship.[11]

In 2016, the arrival in power of the conservative right-wing Law and Justice party was accompanied by a purge in the management of Arabian horse breeding studs, putting the breeding organization in jeopardy. The death of two precious mares prompts Polish Arabian horse owners to repatriate their animals.[22]

Description

Chestnut Polish Arabian mare, trotting.
See also: Equine conformation

The average height of females is 1.48 m, compared with 1.52 m for males. Average adult weight is 420-450 kg, with birth weights of around 42 kg for females and 45 kg for males.

Morphology

Horses from the Białka stud have a morphology that is clearly different from that of horses from other studs. Thus, the Polish Arabian is not a morphologically homogeneous variety of Arabian horse.[23]

The Polish Arabian is renowned the world over for its extreme "beauty" and refinement. However, this aesthetic criterion is difficult to assess objectively.[23] The Janów Podlaski and Michałów stud farms selected their horses on different morphological criteria than the Białka stud farm. This could be explained by the fact that Janów Podlaski has historically bred the Koheilan type, while Michalow breeds the Saklawi type, and Białka a mixture of both bloodlineages.[24] However, there is no correlation between founding lineage and morphology. Neck length, considered a criterion of beauty, is longest in Michalow horses, while those from Białka clearly have the shortest necks. Conversely, Białka horses have a longer pelvis, a characteristic associated with greater motor efficiency.[25]

Coats

Main article: Equine coat color

The most common colors are gray, bay, chestnut and, more rarely, black.

Temperament, care and health

Polish Arabs have developed the ability to adapt to extreme environmental conditions. They mature slowly, but have a long life expectancy. However, around 10 % of Polish Arabs have eye problems[26], including 5.5 % with uveitis.[27] Polish bloodlineages are free from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID), a genetic disease of the Arabian horse, according to genome studies of 271 horses.[28]

Selection

Polish Arabian horses come from a variety of genetic backgrounds.[2] Fifty four founder horses account for around 84 % of today's Polish Arabians.[29] The breeding orientation of the Polish Arabian, very similar to that of the Russian Arabian, aims to preserve the breed's endurance and speed.[3] Two genetic bottlenecks have been identified in the breed's history, corresponding to the two world wars.[30] Polish stud farms exchange breeding stallions, resulting in a progressive standardization of horse pedigrees, facilitated by the relatively small size of the equine population.[5][31] However, the genetic diversity of the Polish Arabian is being maintained thanks to the recent tendency of breeders to avoid pairing horses that are too closely related to each other, and to imported breeding stock.[30]

Bloodlineages

The Biała Cerkiew and Sławuta breeding farms have mares from five different bloodlineages, two of which are local.[2] The second group of mares is made up of animals from the Middle East, descended from Gazella, Mlecha, and Sahara.[12] The Szamrajówka and Rodania mare lineages come from the Tersk stud farm.[12] Among the male lineages, the most represented are those of Kuhailan Afas, Ibrahim and Saklawi I, characterized by a type adapted to the saddle.[12] The oldest surviving male lineage is that of the stallion Gniady, imported to the Syawuta stud from Vienna in 1793.[6] Four founding stallions predating the World War II account for 25 % of the pedigrees of today's Polish Arabians: Aswan, born in 1958 (Saklawi I lineage), bred at El Zahraa stud in Egypt, whose 8 sons and daughters were all imported to Poland; Kohejlan / Koheilan / Kuhailan, imported at Jezupol stud in 1910; Kuhailan Haifi, imported at Gumniska stud in 1931; Ilderim, imported at Slawuta stud in 1894.[31] The existence of these lineages is not reflected in significant genetic differences.[29]

About 65.3 % of Polish Arabian foundation horses are listed as desert bred. Seventeen founder horses are of unknown origin. Of the 213 founders identified, 130 were born at Polish stud farms. Of the founders of foreign origin, 30 came from Bábolna National Stud (Hungary), 22 from Weil Stud and 18 from Crabbet Park Stud (England).[6]

Reliability of genealogical information

Pedigree information for the Polish Arabian is recorded in the Polish studbook and the Skorkowski registers, both of which were considered reliable sources until the 1990s.[2] One of the Polish Arabian's female lineages has been called into question by Kwiatkowski, who believes that one of the two branches of Milordka's lineage actually comes from the mare Malikarda.[32] This plausible hypothesis is based on a study of the mitochondrial genome.[33] DNA parentage analyses have shown that these records contain some errors in the 15 maternal lineages, representing 14 haplotypes.[2]

Usage

Polish Arabian from the Janów Podlaski National Stud.

The Polish Arabian is essentially a show horse, winning numerous world championships.[7] It is showcased at locally-organized competitions such as the National Arab Show.[7] Poland is also active in Arabian horse racing, which led to an analysis of performance factors.[1][34] Some Polish Arabians have broken sales price records: Bandos, a son of Bandola (Ibrahim bloodlineage) sold for $800,000[35], and El Paso, a stallion from the Janów Podlaski National Stud, went for $1 million.[36]

The endurance performances of 10 male and 17 female lineages were evaluated[37]: the best-performing male lineages were, in order, those of Kuhailan Afas, Saklawi I and Ibrahim for the male pedigrees, and those of Gazella, Mlecha and Sahara for the female lineages.[38] At the same time, Kuhailan Afas, Ibrahim and Saklawi I lineages account for the highest number of competition entries.[39] Unlike France, Poland does not really have any selective breeding of Arabian horses for endurance. Between 2005 and 2009, 225 Polish Arabian horses competed in endurance. Training for this discipline begins between the ages of 4 and 6.[40] The average speed of endurance Arabians in Poland is a little lower than the world average[41], but increased between the 1990s and the 2000s.[42]

Breeding spread

Polish Arabian from the Janów Podlaski National Stud.

Poland is Europe's leading breeder of Arabian horses.[7] The Polish Arabian consists of a lineage of Arabian horses locally adapted to Poland: it is considered rare in this country, despite the Arabian's widespread popularity worldwide. In 2015, around 1,500 Arabian horses were bred in Poland, but the numbers are declining. Although breeding is spread throughout the country, it is particularly concentrated in the southeast. The Polish Arabian is highly reputed worldwide, with Polish sales attracting investors from the Gulf States and the USA.[7][11] These auctions, the most prestigious of which is the Pride of Poland held on the occasion of the Polish Horse Festival, generate significant sales, in the region of 1.4 million euros in 2015.[7] Indeed, breeding Arabians is a strategic and economically advantageous activity for Poland.[7]

The Polish Arabian is bred at three national studs: Janów Podlaski, Michałów and Białka, as well as at private studs.[8] An annual horse sale is held in early August at the Janów Podlaski National Stud.[43]

Cultural impact

Polish breeders are relatively humble about their horses. The Polish Arabian is the subject of the documentary film Path to Glory: The Rise and Rise of the Polish Arabian horse, released by Horsefly Films in 2011, which won the Best Documentary Award at the Equus Film Festival in Chicago in 2013.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Porter, Valerie; Alderson, Lawrence; Hall, Stephen; Sponenberg, Dan (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (6th ed.). CAB International. p. 1107. ISBN 978-1-84593-466-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Głażewska et al. (2007, p. 609)
  3. ^ a b c Lynghaug, Fran (2009). The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide : The Complete Guide to the Standards of All North American Equine Breed Associations. MBI Publishing Company LLC. p. 672. ISBN 978-1-61673-171-7.
  4. ^ a b c d e Głażewska & Jezierski (2004, p. 293)
  5. ^ a b Głażewska & Gralak (2006, p. 272)
  6. ^ a b c Głażewska & Jezierski (2004, p. 295)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Decouty, Aline; Engelsen, Astrid (2017). "La filière équine polonaise". www.haras-nationaux.fr. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Jablonska (2011)
  9. ^ Khanshour, Anas; Cothran, Ernest (2013). "Maternal phylogenetic relationships and genetic variation among Arabian horse populations using whole mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequencing". BMC Genetics. 14: 83. doi:10.1186/1471-2156-14-83.
  10. ^ Edwards (1973, p. 216)
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Barbié de Préaudau (2002, p. 194)
  12. ^ a b c d e Głażewska et al. (2007, p. 611)
  13. ^ "Historia hodowli koni arabskich w stadninie w Janowie". www.janow.arabians.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  14. ^ a b "History's Hooves". Saudi Aramco World. 1998. Archived from the original on 2004-09-04.
  15. ^ "Rocznice". www.janow.arabians.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  16. ^ Pruski, Witold. Dwa wieki polskiej hodowli koni arabskich (1778-1978) i jej sukcesy na świecie (in Polish). Wydawn. Roln. i Leśne.
  17. ^ Skorkowski, Edward (1960). ablice genealogiczne polskich koni arabskich czystej krwi (in Polish). Wykonano w Zakładzie Produkcji Skryptów KZPPT.
  18. ^ a b c Jablonska, Justine (2011). "Poland: Once Again the Wellspring for the Greatest Arabian Horses in the World". Cosmopolitan Review. 3 (1). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  19. ^ Głażewska & Jezierski (2004, p. 293-294)
  20. ^ a b c Głażewska & Jezierski (2004, p. 294)
  21. ^ Derry, Margaret (2003). Bred for Perfection: Shorthorn Cattle, Collies, and Arabian Horses Since 1800. Animals, History, Culture. JHU Press. p. 198. ISBN 0801873444.
  22. ^ "L'épouse du batteur des Rolling Stones rapatrie ses pur-sang arabes d'un haras polonais". L'Express (in French). 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  23. ^ a b Sobczuk & Komosa (2012, p. 623)
  24. ^ Sobczuk & Komosa (2012, p. 624)
  25. ^ Sobczuk & Komosa (2012, p. 628)
  26. ^ "Eye problems seen in 10 percent of Polish Arabian horses in major study". Horsetalk.co.nz. 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  27. ^ Paschalis-Trela, Katarzyna; Cywińska, Anna; Trela, Jan; Czopowicz, Michał (2017). "The prevalence of ocular diseases in polish Arabian horses". BMC Veterinary Research. 13 (1): 319. doi:10.1186/s12917-017-1252-8. ISSN 1746-6148. PMC 5678559. PMID 29115950.
  28. ^ Cothran, E. G.; Cholewinski, G.; Terry, R. R. (1999). "Absence of the severe combined immunodeficiency disease gene among Arabian horses in Poland". Journal of Applied Genetics. 1 (40): 39–41.
  29. ^ a b Głażewska (2000, p. 19)
  30. ^ a b Głażewska & Jezierski (2004, p. 297)
  31. ^ a b Głażewska & Jezierski (2004, p. 296)
  32. ^ Kwiatkowski, W. (1993). A guide to the complete pedigrees of Arabian horses from Poland. Kawalkada Brwinów.
  33. ^ Głażewska et al. (2007, p. 616)
  34. ^ Sobczyńska, Magdalena (2010). "Genetic parameters of racing performance indices in Polish Arabian horses". Livestock Science. 131 (2): 245–249. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2010.04.008. ISSN 1871-1413. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  35. ^ Barbié de Préaudau (2002, p. 194-195)
  36. ^ Barbié de Préaudau (2002, p. 195)
  37. ^ Sobczuk (2011, p. 99)
  38. ^ Sobczuk (2011, p. 97)
  39. ^ Sobczuk (2011, p. 101)
  40. ^ Sobczuk (2011, p. 98)
  41. ^ Sobczuk (2011, p. 102)
  42. ^ Sobczuk (2011, p. 105)
  43. ^ "Sales and auctions". www.janow.arabians.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 January 2019.

Bibliography

Books

  • Barbié de Préaudeau, Philippe (2002). Le Cheval arabe (in French) (2nd ed.). Les éditions du Jaguar. ISBN 2-86950-358-X.
  • Edwards, Gladys (1973). The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse. Covina: Rich Publishing.
  • Brown Edwards, Gladys (1978). A Photographic History of the Polish Arabian. Arab Ink.
  • Wood, Neil L. (1992). Polish Arabian Horse in North America. Myerswood Pub. ISBN 0963461303.

Scientific articles

News

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polish_Arabian&oldid=1192356403"