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The Mustang Horse
The mustang horse is a well known horse which is acknowledged by many americans as a symbol of the influential and adventurous energy of the Old wild west.
Although Mustangs are usually known as 'wild' horses, the more appropriate name is 'feral' horses as all so-called 'wild' horses inside The u.s. are descended from horses that were initially domestic horses carried to Mexico and the u.s. by the conquistadors.
Mostly, these early horses were of Andalusian or Arab stock, although they also had amongst them a wide range of colors and many horse lovers types and breeds.
Many of these sturdy horses escaped captivity or were traded by local aboriginals, and rapidly spread right through the whole country.
The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas typically display a mottled (or 'spotty') coat, pale sclera (the part of the eye next to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The breed background of this distinctive horse is not totally recognized. There is evidence that mottled horses were being bred in a good number of geographical regions in Asia and europe, and archeologists have found cave drawings which have been dated back to 18000BC illustrating spotted horses that could well be be the origins of the appaloosa we know today. It is possible that the spotted pattern was originally a type of camouflage, much as the stripes on a zebra.
The present-day Appaloosa is descended from horses shipped to The u.s. by settlers. These were passed to the Nez perce indian tribe, who cleverly turned them into the tremendous horses that we know and love these days.
The appaloosa was originally called the "Palouse horse", but over time its name transformed into the contemporary version, "Appaloosa".
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