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Sponsor: Stadnina Koni Krasne (Krasne Stud Farm)
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One of the oldest English Thoroughbred stud farms in Poland (1857). Ludwik count Krasiński was its founder and owner. A base of the breeding were superb mares imported from England.
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Krasne Stud Farm belongs to few breeding centres existing to this day that can be proud of equally long and interesting history.
It owes its character tu specific people that distinguished creditably not only in history of domestic breeding but also in history of Poland.
The stud farm in Krasne founded by Ludwik count Krasiński in 1857 has 150-year traditions in horse breeding and much longer in propagation of agricultural culture at Polish country.
Achievements of Krasiński (of Squawk coat of arms) family were important due to superb breeding and productive results; they also emphasized Polish character when Poland was absent in the map of the world.
Read more… (click to go to Polish Digital Equestrian Library)
Author: Izabela Rajca-Pisz
Click the links below to go to the Polish Digital Equestrian Library (will open in a new tab):
„Stadnina Koni Krasne” (2007) – Izabela Rajca-Pisz
„Minął rok” (2021) – Roman Krzyżanowski
Ludwik count. Krasiński (1833-1895). Photo from the collection of the Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra. 
Eliza Krasińska née Branicki (1820-1876) based on a portrait by Franz Xaver Wintelhalter, from the collection of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. 
Krasiński coat of arms on the tower. Photo Sylweriusz Sztuert. 
The now defunct „White Stable” was built around 1857. Photo from the collection of the Krasne Horse Stud. 
The Krasiński Palace, which does not exist today, was built in the second half of the 19th century. Photo from the collections of the Municipal Cultural Center in Krasne and the magazine „Jeździec i Hodowca”. 
Plaque commemorating Ruler’s 120th birthday and 100th death anniversary. Photo Sylweriusz Sztuert. 
The sculpture was designed by Jerzy Bokrzycki, made by Agencja Jeździecka A.A. Bober and unveiled on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of Krasne Stud.
