*Pogrom’s dam Petla (Visbaden x Petra), left, and *Pogrom pictured in Poland as a yearling, below.
Pestka had four most significant daughters at Janów: *Pepesza (dam of Pernila and the useful sire Pegasus), Pohulanka (dam of the sire Poganin), Psyche (dam of the stallion Porto) and Petra. Through Petra, the dam of *Pogrom would come to Janów. At this time Poland sought to reintroduce a sire line that had been used sporadically in Poland and no longer had a representative. Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka explains, “We wanted a stallion from the Koheilan Adjuze sire line to enlarge the genetic pool. We were looking particularly to bring the blood of Naftalin to Poland. We wanted his strength and movement. We had tried finding a stallion directly from Tersk, but we wanted a stallion without Aswan blood, and they did not have one that fit our needs. “It so happens that I was in Bábolna judging. Tamas Rombauer was the manager of the stud at that time and he had Visbaden on lease, the Naftalin son out of Presnia. They presented me with Visbaden, and immediately I thought it could be the stallion to introduce to Poland. He was not very pretty, however, but he was a very athletic horse with great body and beautiful eyes. Visbaden had these eyes of Naftalin — fantastic, big eyes. Also Visbaden had the best movement that I ever saw in my life, really! As it happened, Director Rombauer was also interested in sending mares to Poland to breed to *Eukaliptus. 3 ▪ *POGROM ▪ WORLD