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In order to understand the uproar that keeps appearing from time to time since 2016 around Janów Podlaski Stud and the entire Polish Arabian horse breeding, one has to bear in mind the following background. Common knowledge about the subject, reinforced by media, is largely based upon a number of invented facts or myths, whereas real facts affecting the present situation  are overlooked. The social awareness concerning the Polish Arabian horses is built upon myths rather than  genuine knowledge. Furthermore, creation and perpetuation of such myths lies in the interest of certain individuals deriving profit thereof. Any fruitful analysis of the problem or even attempts to improve the situation will not bring any amelioration, as long as a mythical state of affairs is viewed as a departing point of any change. On the contrary, pathologies responsible for the decline of Janów Podlaski Stud, a pepiniere of the Polish Arabian horse  breeding, will only be aggravated. Therefore, the key to understand real problems of this ancient stud is the disclosure of all myths underlying the widespread opinions about Janów. Analysing these myths will also help to reveal the actual beneficiaries of their perpetuation, as well as to highlight root causes of all the problems confronting the stud. Efficient remedies to these problems can be found only if those considerations are taken into account.