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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas usually have a leopard spotted coat, pale sclera (the bit of the eye around the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The breed background of this popular horse is not completely known. There is proof that mottled horses were established in very many nation-states in Asia and europe, and there are cave drawings dating back to 18000BC showing mottled horses that might be the origins of the horse we know today. It is quite possible that the spotted skin was initially a type of camouflage, much as the stripes on a zebra.
The contemporary Appaloosa is descended from horses brought to America by conquistadors. These were acquired by the Indigenous people known as the 'nez perce', who skillfully bred them into the excellent horses that we admire today.
This wonderful horse was first known as the "Palouse horse", even though gradually its name changed into the contemporary alternative, "Appaloosa".
The mustang horse
The mustang horse is a very renowned horse and is seen by many as a living and breathing symbol of the historic and pioneer enthusiasm of the Wild west.
Although Mustangs are often known as 'wild' horses, the more correct phrase is 'feral' horses as all so-called 'wild' horses living in The u.s. are related to horses that were initially domesticated horses shipped over to The usa by the conquistadors.
The majority of these early horses were of Spanish or Arabian breeding stock, but also had amongst them all combinations of colours and many people breeds.
Clearly, some of these independent and brave horses got loose or were taken by native americans, and quickly spread all through the whole of the u.s.
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