Janów Podlaski Stud Farm
Native name | Stadnina Koni Janów Podlaski |
|---|---|
| Industry | Stud farm |
| Founded | 1817 |
| Headquarters | Wygoda 3, 21-505 Janów Podlaski, |
| Website | skjanow |
| Footnotes / references | |
| Designated | 2017-11-22 |
| Reference no. | Dz. U. z 2017 r. poz. 2250 |
The Janów Podlaski Stud Farm (Polish: Stadnina Koni Janów Podlaski) is the oldest state stud farm in Poland, established in 1817 in Wygoda. The stud farm specializes in breeding Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses.: 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.: 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.
The stud farm is located in Wygoda near Janów, in a complex of classicist stables founded in 1817. It covers an area of 2,500 hectares, which is approximately 18% of the Gmina Janów Podlaski administrative district. Up until 1994, the stud farm operated as a state agricultural farm under the name (Stadnina Koni Janów Podlaski [Janów Podlaski Stud Farm] and then as the Stadnina Koni Skarbu Państwa Janów [Janów State Treasury Horse Stud Farm], and later to Stadnina Koni Janów Podlaski Sp. z o.o. [Janów Podlaski Stud Farm L.L.C.].