Strain: Kuhaylan Abu Urqub; Polish Meaning: Lark or Skylark
Licensed stallion for Trakehners: Sire of 12 foals
Bred by Antoniny Stud - Poland, owned by the Potocki family
1913 imported to England by Walter Winans
1914 sold to Webb-Ware
1919 sold To H.V. Musgrave Clark and used at stud for first time
1920 purchased by Lady Wentworth for her Crabbet Arabian Stud - Sussex, England
Probably the greatest recorded Arabian sire of all time. His influence spans much of the recognized modern Arabian horse breeding world.
He was the sire of 49 registered purebred Arabian foals (24 stallions; 25 mares)
Died 2-1930
12-1936: Skull, lower jaw and skin donated to British Natural History Museum by Lady Wentworth
References: Arabianhorses.org/data source; Natural History Museum - London:nhm.ac.uk; Trk-Base.com; 2-1958 Arabian Horse News: Skowronek's Pedigree and the Antoniny Stud by Count Jospeh Potocki, Jr; Crabbet.com/Skowronek: 5-6, 1989 Crabbet Influence: Skowronek by Carol W Mulder; 1969 Book - The Raswan Index: #9932, Correction #1409; 1991 Book - The Arabian Horse Families of Poland 1790-1987 by Britta Fahlgren: S15/1 and 15/2; M8/1