~The History of Wojchik Arabians~

The History of Wojchik Arabians

On any given morning, Peggy Wojchik makes her way down to the barns to tend to her horses, just as she has for the last 41 years. Her farm is
situated at the end of a long gravel road, and is nestled in a lush
secluded valley not far from the Mississippi River near Cochrane,
Wisconsin. There on their 800 acre valley, she and her husband Gerry
operate a dairy farm which is home to over 80 head of Holsteins. That
alone is a great deal of work, but the horses are Peggy's first love.

In 1969, she decided to purchase a purebred colt. She had six grey partbred mares and wanted something with color and flash. She purchased a chestnut with 4 socks, who was a double Gazon grandson. Her first purebred mare was acquired in 1975, a Class A Halter winner and daughter of Natl. Champion Roufer. Not long after that, Peggy bought a few more mares, a daughter of Top Ten Halima Sahib and a Tarff daughter.

Peggy used her Gazon stallion at stud for a number of years until she realized what she really wanted was a black stallion! And so the quest began, and the real focus of Wojchik Arabians was set. Peggy traveled to Denver, Colorado with her mother to see a black weanling colt that was offered for sale. While there, she caught sight of a tall, black pretty yearling colt that the owner had purchased as his future herd sire from Trucilla Enz of California. The colt was not on the sales list, but after a little discussion, Peggy changed his mind and she had herself the black Arabian stallion, Amir El Adhem. a son of the renowned Adhem.

Amir put Wojchik Arabians on the map and was Peggy's main stallion for many years. He sired many a winner in halter and performance during his time at stud. A typical breeding season would see 25 to 30 outside mares, many of which were partbred as there were not a great number of purebreds around. All of Amir's foals were so typical of the Adhem breeding, very black, usually solid with no markings, tall and
extremely athletic — ideal performance horses!

With the success of Amir, Peggy made the decision and sold her Gazon
stallion, to set forth and purchase an additional black stallion for her program. She had a specific type of horse in mind, one that was Al
Khamsa and Egyptian breeding. She ventured to Rudalaro and purchased Ru Angels Night, an Egyptian Turfa. She also acquired a number of purebred Turfa mares.

Peggy kept setting new goals for her program and felt the next step
would be the addition of a black Straight Egyptian stallion. Her search
led her to the Straight Egyptian, Al Khamsa, Sheykh Obeyd yearling DHAR Faa Halim, bred by Carol Schultz. He was an Old Egyptian/Babson Brown Halima. Typey, black and handsome, Halim earned the distinction of being one of the Arabian breeds top 8 black sires. She also added some straight New Egyptian mares to cross with him and the resulting foals have proven to be one of her best decisions.

Her most recent addition was the black Minstril son, Ali Azimm. He been
a winner in halter and driving and a champion producer. Many of his get
have competed and won in both performance and halter. One Ali's most
recent foals now resides in the stables of the King of Morrocco. Peggy's
foals can be found across the USA and also overseas with exports to
Germany and Switzerland.

Over the years, Peggy has welcomed many a visitor to her farm, and has
shared her wealth of knowledge on the Arabian horse to those that
inquire. If you find yourself seeking a most exquisite black Arabian, look no further than Wojchik Arabians — you'll find a warm welcome and a true American breeder with a vast knowledge of bloodlines.