Urszula i Jerzy Białobokowie

Outstanding breeders of Polish Arabs. During their operation, Michałów Stud Farm received the Prize of President of the Republic of Poland from Aleksander Kwaśniewski (2001).

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I was born on 20 September 1947 in Sieradz. My mother Alina Helena Wiśniowska from home was born near Zbaraż. My father Ryszard Laufersweiler, a pre-war KOP officer, was a lecturer at Military College of Communication Troops in Zegrze (…)

Michałów (…). My brother Krzysztof and my cousin Sławek Wiszniowski brought me here on a very cold day of December 1969. We went by train to Kielce and then by car to Michałów. We were welcomed by the chief heartily (…)

Author: Urszula Białobok

Read Urszula Białobok’s memories, written manually, about her life and work at Michałów Stud Farm…

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He was born on 17 December 1952 in Śrem, Poznań province. His father: Stefan. His mother: Emilia Grabowska from home. His sisters: Hanna and Krystyna. His wife: Urszula Laufersweiler from home. His son: Emil. A graduate of Agricultural Academy in Poznań – Zootechnic Faculty.

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It was 1977. A young breeder Jerzy Białobok was always interested in Oriental horses. He was keen on pure-bred Arabians. To get to know them, it was necessary to run through a training at an Arabian stud farm. There were only two – Janów Podlaski and Michałów. Eng. Białobok came to the Służewiec Racecourse. He talked to their directors, Andrzej Krzyształowicz and Ignacy Jaworowski. There were a sufficient number of apprentices in Janów Podlaski however Jaworowski invited him to Michałów. It was 15 August 1977.

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The Białobok family had no relationships with horses. His father Stefan was a geneticist. He was interested in trees. He finished Main School of Farming and then obtained a degree of doctor at University in Berlin before 1939. His grandfather Jan Kanty Białobok worked at Scientific Institute in Puławy and dealt with trees and shrubs. One silver spruce, no more than 2.5 m high, is called Białobok.

Jerzy Białobok: “My father was a researcher and a professor of Polish Academy of Science at the Institute in Kórnik. So, there were a certain breeding tradition. Farm horses in Kórnik were used for work in nursery gardens and a farm. My mother finished a horticultural school in Poznań and worked in Kórnik. My grandfather on the distaff side, Tadeusz Grabowski, was a professor of Jagielloński University. Then he was a head of Romance philology department in Poznań and dealt with literature of romanticism period. I was absorbed by horses.”

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Author: Witold Duński

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