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The Mustang Horse
The mustang horse is a popular horse that is seen by many americans as a living and breathing symbol of the influential and cowboy excitement of the Wild west.
Although Mustangs are often referred to as 'wild' horses, the more correct expression is 'feral' horses as almost all so-called 'wild' horses present in Mexico and the u.s. are bred from horses that were first domestic animals carried to The u.s. by the conquistadors.
Most of these early horses were of European or Arab stock, but also included all conceivable colors and many horse lovers breeds.
Clearly, some of these independent and clever horses went wild or were stolen by indigenous peoples, and soon spread through the whole country.
The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas typically display a leopard spotted coat, white sclera (the bit of the eye around the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The background of this distinctive horse is not fully recognized. There is plenty of evidence that mottled horses were being bred in a good number of countries in Asia and europe, and we know of cave pictures which have been dated to 18000BC showing spotty horses that might be the origins of the horse we know today. It is quite likely that the spotted pattern was first a form of camouflage, similar to the zebra's stripes.
The modern Appaloosa is descended from horses carried to Mexico and the u.s. by early colonists. These were somehow acquired by the Indigenous people known as the 'nez perce', who masterfully bred them into the extraordinary horses that we know these days.
This fine horse was originally referred to as the "Palouse horse", although bit by bit the name has changed into the contemporary interpretation, "Appaloosa".
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