Witez II

Witez II
Black-and-white photo of Witez II taken in California some time after his purchase by Earl Hurlbutt.
Witez II
BreedArabian
SireOfir (PASB)
GrandsireKuhalian-Haifi (PASB)
DamFederacja (PASB)
Maternal grandsireBurgas (PASB)
SexStallion
Foaled1938
CountryPoland
ColorBay
BreederJanów Podlaski Stud Farm
OwnerU.S. Remount, Earle E. and Frances Hurlbutt
Honors
1951 Grand Champion Southern California All-Arabian Show, 1953 Pacific Coast Champion Stallion
Last updated on: January 13, 2008.

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. His name came from an archaic Polish word meaning "chieftain, knight, prince and hero."[1]

  1. ^ Smith, Linell. And Miles to Go: The Biography of a Great Arabian Horse, Witez II Little Brown & Company, 1967. ISBN 0-316-80031-7, ISBN 978-0-316-80031-0