Wiking (horse)

Wiking
Breed Arabian
Discipline horse racing
Sire Etap
Grandsire Celebes
Dam Wilma
Maternal grandsire Pietuszok
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1979
Country foaled in Poland, imported to United States
Color Bay
Owner Town and Country Farms
Trainer Robert Knight
Record
19 starts
Earnings
$97, 782
Honors
1985 International Arabian Horse Association Racehorse of the Year

Wiking is the all-time leading sire of Arabian racehorses. Born in Poland in 1979, Wiking was imported to the United States in 1984. He raced 19 times and earned $97,782 in US dollars. He was owned by Town and Country Farms and trained by Robert Knight.[1]

A bay stallion standing 14.3 hands (59 inches, 150 cm), Wiking sired 498 registered foals. He is in the Arabian Horse Trust Racing Hall of Fame, and was named the 1985 International Arabian Horse Association racehorse of the year.[2]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Wiking[3]
Sire
Etap
Celebes Witraz Ofir
Makata
Canaria Trypolis
Saga
Etna Faher Trypolis
Ferha
Elzunia Witraz
Elza
Dam
Wilma
Pietuszok Priboj Piolun
Rissalma
Taktika Taki Pan
Krona
Worskla Laur Lotnik
Kalina
Wilga Ofir
Jaskolka II

Sources

  1. "WIKING". tom-arabians.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. "Welcome to Arabian Quest". arabianquest.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  3. "Wiking Arabian". allbreedpedigree.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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