Bona ox

During the second world war many of the polish horses were evacuated to Germany. Towards the end of the war the Poles found several mares from Babolna at a serum factory. Realising the value of the mares, the Poles traded the mares for some coldblooded horses. Thus 13 mares of the best Babolna breeding were saved. An agreement was made that the mares would be returned to Babolna when the stud had been rebuilt. As "thank you" for the rescue the produce of the mares were to remain in Poland. In 1951 the promise was honored and the mares returned to Babolna. Among the mares rescued were 233 Kuhailan Zaid-13 (renamed Bona) and 22 Kuhailan Zaid-1 (renamed Balia). These two were the first mares of the Bent-el-Arab OA line in Poland.